Bob's Cave, Yealmpton, Devon


NGR: SX 5745 5124

NMR: SX 55 SE 21

SMR: DV 56356

SAM: -

DCCR: 116

Excavation: J. Wright, 1986.

Curation: Plymouth City Museum.

Burials: MNI: 1 (adult).

Finds: None.

Date: Early Neolithic (1)

14C: bp (OxA-4983) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Chamberlain, A.T. (1996) More dating evidence for human remains in British caves. Antiquity 70: 950-953.

Chamberlain, A.T. & Ray, K. (1994) A Catalogue of Quaternary Fossil Bearing Cave Sites in the Plymouth Area. Plymouth City Council, Plymouth.

Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1998) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 26. Archaeometry 40: 437-455.

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