Cannington Park Quarry Cave (Boulder Cave; South Quarry Cave), Cannington, Somerset


NGR: ST 25171 40426

NMR: -

SMR: S 44861

SAM: -

MCRA: 3495

Excavation: E.R. Pater, May-June 1964; Tony Locke, August 1964.

Curation: South West Heritage Trust.

Burials: MNI: 7

Finds: animal bones.

Date: Early Mesolithic (1)

14C: 9225bp (SUERC-84330); 8925 (SUERC-84331) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Clough, S. (2019) Cannington Park Quarry Cave, Somerset – Re-examination of the human and animal remains. Cotswold Archaeology.

Clough, S. (2021) A new Early Mesolithic burial site: Preliminary notes on the Radiocarbon dates from the Human bone from Cannington Park Quarry Cave. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (3): 297-314.

Ellis, B.M. (1964) Two Caves at Cannington, near Bridgwater. Journal of the Shepton Mallet Caving Club 3 (8): 3-6.

Rahtz, P., Hirst, S. & Wright, S. (2000) Cannington cemetery: Excavations 1962-3 of prehistoric, Roman, post-Roman, and later features at Cannington Park Quarry, near Bridgwater, Somerset. Britannia Monograph Series. 17. Society for the promotion of Roman Studies. London. pp 17-20.

Rose, P. (1970) A Small find at Cannington – Bridgwater. Newsletter of the Cerberus Speleological Society. 6 (22): 2.

Schulting, R. et al. (2019) Aveline's Hole: An unexpected twist in the tale. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (1): 9-63.

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