Excavation

A brief list of the chief excavators of the site and their period of work, when known.

Curation

A list of the museums, other institutions, or individuals known to hold material from the site.

Burials

The minimum number of individuals, where known, with a breakdown by age and gender, where known.

Dates

The author’s assessment of the period to which the burials are likely to belong. For each site a numerical index of reliability of the dating evidence has been assigned, as follows:

1. ¹⁴C date obtained directly on human remains
2. ¹⁴C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artefacts or other datable material
3. burial associated with non-diagnostic prehistoric artefacts
4. stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate
5. no reliable dating information available for the site

¹⁴C

Where radiocarbon determinations are available these are given in uncalibrated years b.p. The laboratory number is also given, but the laboratory dating error has been omitted (most estimates of the error standard deviation of Holocene ¹⁴C dates lie in the range between ±30 and ±150 years).

External References

• NMR: Site number in the National Monuments Record of Scotland or the Heritage Gateway Database with a direct link the entry where possible.
• SMR: The Primary Record Number under which the site is recorded in the relevant local authority sites and monuments or historic environment record.
• Canmore: RCAHMS identification number, as listed at the RCAHMS archive with a direct link to the entry.
• SAM: Scheduled Ancient Monuments number.
• SSSI: Site of Special Scientific Interest number.
• SCD: The database number of the site as listed in the Scottish Cave and Mine Database with a direct link to the entry.
• NCI: The database number of the site as listed in the Northern Caves Index with a direct link to the entry.
• CCR: The database number of the site as listed in the Cambrian Cave Register with a direct link to the entry.
• DCR: The database number of the site as listed in the Derbyshire Cave Registry with a direct link to the entry.
• FOD: The database number of the site as listed in the Gloucestershire and Wye Valley Cave Registry with a direct link to the entry.
• MCRA: The database number of the site as listed in the Mendip Cave Registry and Archive with a direct link to the entry.
• DCCR: The database number of the site as listed in the Devon and Cornwall Cave Registry with a direct link to the entry.

In all cases the reference information displayed is only that relevant to the site. Links are only present where they have been checked.

NGR and Map

Each entry shows the Ordnance Survey NGR for the site and locates it on a map. Clicking on the map will enlarge the view and show other nearby sites. The default base map is OpenStreetMap with OpenTopoMap as an alternative.