NGR: ST 4804 5472
NMR: ST 45 SE 9
SMR: S 10389
SAM: -
MCRA: 727
Excavation: W. Long & W.B. Dawkins, 19th century; Mendip Caving Group, 1967.
Curation: Wells and Mendip Museum (human and animal bone, pottery), Bristol City Museum (human and animal bone), Natural History Museum (human bone), Oxford University Museum of Natural History (animal bone).
Burials: MNI: 18+ (13+ adult, 5 juvenile).
Finds: Romano-British pottery; early Beaker pottery, animal bones.
Date: : EBA, Roman and Early Medieval (1)
14C: 3489 bp (BRAMS-1262) 1884 bp (BRAMS-1259), 1304 bp (BRAMS-1260), 1282 bp (BRAMS-1261).
Bibliography:
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