Brownes' Hole, Stoke St Michael, Somerset


NGR: ST 6692 4757

NMR: ST 64 NE 5

SMR: S 24956

SAM: 13263

MCRA: 411

Excavation: P.M. Browne, 1946-55; Wessex Caving Club, 1980.

Curation: Frome Museum (confirmed).

Burials: MNI: 1+

Finds: Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.

Date: Iron Age (1)

14C: 2053 bp (BRAMS-6339)

Bibliography:

Balch, H.E. (1948) Mendip - Its Swallet Caves and Rock Shelters. Wright, Bristol.

Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.

Browne, L.M. (1953) Browne's Hole, Stoke Lane (on Mendip). Interim report. British Caver 24: 75.

Chamberlain, A.T. & Mullan, G.J. (2023) Radiocarbon dates on human bone from two Mendip caves. Cave and Karst Science. 50 (3): 119-120.

Irwin, D.J. & Jarrett, A. (1993) Mendip Underground. A Caver's Guide. 3rd Edition. Mendip Publishing, Castle Cary.

Platten, G. (1949) An interesting discovery (Browne's Hole). British Caver 19: 44-45.

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