Cockle's Wood Fissure (Cockle's Wood Upper Cave; Nettlebridge Cave), Ashwick, Somerset


NGR: ST 646 485

NMR: ST 64 NW 5

SMR: S 23064

SAM: -

MCRA: 423

Excavation: D.B. Hicks, 1905.

Curation: Wells and Mendip Museum.

Burials: MNI: 2

Finds: Peterborough ware.

Date: Neolithic (2)

14C: -

Bibliography:

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

Hickling, M.J.L. (1948) Cockle's Wood Caves, Nettlebridge. Proceedings and Journal of the Downside Archaeological Society 1 (1): 1-3.

Hickling, M.J.L. (1949) Pottery from the Cockle's Wood Caves at Nettlebridge. Proceedings and Journal of the Downside Archaeological Society 1 (2): 1-5.

Watkin, A. (1969) Presidential address: some archaeological experiences in Somerset. Proceedings of the Somerset Natural History and Archaeological Society 113: 11-16.

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