Fishmonger's Swallet, Alveston, South Gloucestershire


NGR: ST 6331 8720

NMR: ST 68 NW 60

SMR: 14033

SAM: -

MCRA: 2275

Excavation: Hades Caving Club, 1994-2001.

Curation: University of Bristol Spelaeological Society.

Burials: MNI: 4+

Finds: Pottery; animal bones.

Date: : Late Iron Age or Romano-British (1)

14C: 1940 bp (Beta-150613), 1990 bp (Wk-8222, 2036 bp (BRAMS-5057), 2052 bp (BRAMS-5058), 2063 bp (BRAMS-5059), 2048 (BRAMS-5060) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Appleing, D. (2000) Fishmongers Swallet, Alveston, near Bristol. Caves and Caving 89: 11.

Bricking, A., Hayes, A.J. & Madgwick, R. (2022) An interim report on the histological analysis of human bones from Fishmonger’s Swallet, Gloucestershire. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 29 (1): 67-86.

Brickling, A., Peto, J., Horton, M. & Mullan, G.J. (2022) Fishmonger's Swallet, Alveston, Gloucestershire, Radiocarbon dating. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 29 (1): 29-32.

Cox, M. & Loe, L. (2022) The Human skeletal remains from Fishmonger's Swallet, Alveston, Gloucestershire: Evidence for anthropogenic modification. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 29 (1): 33-66.

Hardwick, D. (1997) Fishmongers Swallet update - October 1997. Hades Caving Club Newsletter 253.

Hardwick, D. & Randell, J. (2001) The Fishmonger's bones. Descent 158: 20-22.

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