CAVE BURIAL

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

Rockrose Hole


Excavation

M. Davies, 1983.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1 (Adult).

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-.

Port-Eynon

Swansea

Wales

NGR: SS 4488 8519

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External References

Royal Commission CARN Database231666
Cambrian Caving Council Record2014-5

Bibliography

Davies, M. (1983) Rockrose Cave, Overton. Archaeology in Wales 23: 15-16.

Davies, M. (1984a) Archaeological caves in Gower – old and new. South Wales Caving Club Newsletter 98: 22-26.

Davies, M. (1984b.). Rockrose Cave, Gower: identification of human and animal bones. Cwmbran Caving Club Journal 13: 26.

Davies, M. (1989) Recent advances in cave archaeology in southwest Wales. In Ford, T.D. (ed.) Limestones and Caves of Wales. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 79-91.

Article Author Graham Mullan