Long Hole (The Slitter), Cheddar, Somerset


NGR: ST 4668 5387

NMR: ST 45 SE 9

SMR: S 10400

SAM: -

MCRA: 744

Excavation: Gough, 1887-88; early 20th century; UBSS 1960-61 & 1977.

Curation: Cheddar Caves Museum; UBSS museum.

Burials: MNI: 1+

Finds: Iron Age brooch, Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Balch, H.E. (1949) Cheddar – Its Gorge and Caves. Wright, Bristol.

Boon, G.C. (1957) Roman coins from Gough's Old Cave and the Slitter, Cheddar. Numismatic Chronicle Series 6, 17: 231-237.

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

Mullan, G.J. (2008) Excavations in Long Hole, Cheddar, February 1977. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 24 (2): 97-100.

Mullan, G.J. & Wilson, L.J. (2005) Mesolithic engravings at Cheddar Gorge. Current Archaeology 199: 360-361.

Mullan, G.J. & Wilson, L.J. (2006) Possible Mesolithic cave art in southern England. International Newsletter on Rock Art 44: 15-21.

Tratman, E.K. (1955) Notes on the human jaw and teeth from "The Slitter", Cheddar. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 7 (2): 110-114.

Tratman, E.K. (1966) Trial excavations at, and the Pleistocene fauna from the Long Hole, Cheddar. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 11 (1): 42-43.

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