Stoke Lane Slocker, Stoke St Michael, Somerset


NGR: ST 6687 4743

NMR: ST 64 NE 4

SMR: S 24955

SAM: -

MCRA: 587

Excavation: P.M. Browne, 1947.

Curation: Frome Museum; Shepton Mallett Museum.

Burials: MNI: 2

Finds: Charcoal, animal bones.

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

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

Browne, P.M. (1949) Stoke Lane Swallet, on Mendip. British Caver 19: 35-37.

Chamberlain, A.T. & Mullan, G.J. (2023a) The human remains from Stoke Lane Slocker, Stoke St. Michael, Somerset. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society. 29 (2): 137-146.

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

Drakes, S. (1964) Collections made in Stoke Lane Slocker, Somerset. Speleo 2 (3): 3 and 5.

Ellis, B. (1999) Human bones found in Stoke Lane Slocker. Shepton Mallet Caving Club Journal series 10, 5: 7-12.

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

MacFadyen, W.A. (1970) Geological Highlights of the West Country. Butterworths, London.

Tratman, E.K. (1975) The cave archaeology and palaeontology of Mendip. In Smith, D.I. & Drew, D.P. (eds) Limestones and Caves of the Mendip Hills. David and Charles, Newton Abbott, pp. 352-403.

Unwin, M. (1954) Notes on archaeological and speleological field work (in the Shepton Mallet area). British Caver 25: 61-63.

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