Tom Tivey's Hole, Wanstrow, Somerset


NGR: ST 7052 4449

NMR: ST 74 SW 6

SMR: S 24774

SAM: -

MCRA: 1349

Excavation: J.H. Savory, 1923; J.N. Pullan, 1979-80.

Curation: Bristol Museum.

Burials: MNI: 1 (adult).

Finds: Neolithic pottery, bone point, Bronze Age artefacts, leaf shaped arrowhead; Iron Age and Romano-British pottery.

Date: Neolithic or Bronze Age (4).

14C: -

Bibliography:

Barrett, J.H. (1961) Tom Tivey’s Hole (Rock Shelter). British Caver 34: 53-54.

Barrett, J.H. (1966) Tom Tivey's Hole shelter, near Leighton, Somerset. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 11 (1): 9-24.

Barrett, J.H. (1967) Wanstrow; Tom Tivey's Hole. Archaeological Review 1: 4.

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

Green, H.S. (1980) The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles. B.A.R. British Series 75. Oxford, British Archaeological Reports.

return to the index page.

Valid CSS!