Ifton Quarries
Excavation
c 1908.
Curation
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Burials
MNI: 9+
Finds
None.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
4110 bp (OxA-X-1018-32 redated 4640, OxA-22995);4178 bp (OxA-23139); 4350 bp (OxA-X-1018-31);4624 bp (OxA-22994) on human bone.
External References
| Sites and Monument Record | 00492G |
| Cambrian Caving Council Record | 2014-18 |
Bibliography
Anwyl, E. (1909) The early settlers of Monmouth. Archaeologia Cambrensis 9: 261-282.
Knowles, F.H.S. (1911) Report on the human remains from the Ifton limestone quarries, near Newport, Mon. In Human and other remains found in the neighbourhood of Newport, Mon. Newport Free Museum and Museum Committee, Newport, pp. 5-16.
Schulting, R.J. (2007) Non-monumental burial in Neolithic Britain: a (largely) cavernous view. In: L. Larsson, F. Lüth and T. Terberger (eds.), Non-Megalithic Mortuary Practices in the Baltic – New Methods and Research into the Development of Stone Age Society: pp. 581-603. Schwerin: Bericht der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 88.
Schulting, R.J. (2020) Claddedigaethau mewn ogofâu: Prehistoric human remains (mainly) from the caves of Wales. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (2) : 185-219.
Article Author Graham Mullan