<< Text Pages >> Fishmonger's Swallet - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Gloucestershire
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Fishmonger's SwalletCountry: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Village: Alveston
Map Ref: ST63318720
Latitude: 51.582456N Longitude: 2.530915W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cave in Gloucestershire. On 21-23 of September 2000 the Time Team made another in its series of archaeological TV programmes. For several years members of Hades Caving Club have been digging a site north of Bristol Fishmonger's hole named for the original (non-caver) digger. When Hades made the original breakthrough into a chamber the obvious thing to do was to follow the water downwards, but this immediately turned up a selection of bones, including human hence Time Team's interest.
Hades Caving Club helped the Time Team remove a lot of bones (human and animal) from Fishmonger's Swallet, at the end of September 2000.
In the cave system at Alveston, South Of Gloucestershire, Hades Caving Club members found human remains. radiocarbon dating techniques indicate that the bones are around 2000 years old - they date from the late Iron Age, or even the early Roman period. Only about five percent of the bone deposit has so far been excavated, and already the remains of at least seven individuals have been discovered. At least one had been murdered, as the rear of the skull was first pole-axed and then smashed inwards. One bone in particular, a femur from a female, had been split open and the marrow from within had been scooped out. Other bones found with the human remains were dog, bear and cattle bones.
More, with photos and maps at Hades Caving Club
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