CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Walton Bone Cave


Excavation

H.A. Davis et al., 1905.

Curation

Bristol Museum; British Museum, London.

Burials

MNI: ?1 (presence of human remains not confirmed).

Finds

Bone point; animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Walton-in-Gordano

North Somerset

South West

NGR: ST 4184 7265

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External References

Mendip Cave Registry and Archive777
National Monuments RecordST 47 SW 40

Bibliography

Davies, H.N. (1906) Supplementary notes on the Clevedon Bone Cave and gravels. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 1: 188-189.

Greenly, E. (1922) An aeolian Pleistocene deposit at Clevedon. Geological Magazine 59: 365 and 414.

Hinton, M.A.C. (1906) Note on the occurrence of the Alpine vole (Microtus nivalis) in the Clevedon cave deposit. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 1: 190-191.

Palmer, L.S. & Hinton, M.A.C. (1928) Some gravel deposits at Walton near Clevedon. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 3 (3): 154-161.

Reynolds, S.H. (1906) A bone cave at Walton, near Clevedon. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 1: 183-187.

Reynolds, S.H. (1913) Fifty years of geological research in the Bristol district. Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists Society 4th series, 4: 45-54.

Article Author Graham Mullan