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<< Text Pages >> Fishmonger's Swallet - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Gloucestershire

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Natural PlacesSite Name: Fishmonger's Swallet
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
 Nearest Village: Alveston
Map Ref: ST63318720
Latitude: 51.582456N  Longitude: 2.530915W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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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.

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Fishmonger's Swallet
Fishmonger's Swallet submitted by dooclay : area outside the cave (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST6387 : Old Milestone, A38, Gloucester Road, Alveston by M Faherty
by M Faherty
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ST6387 : Alveston name sign, South Gloucestershire by Jaggery
by Jaggery
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ST6387 : Stone bus shelter, Alveston, South Gloucestershire by Jaggery
by Jaggery
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ST6387 : Alveston Down and Elberton direction sign by Jaggery
by Jaggery
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ST6387 : Row of houses opposite Alveston church by David Smith
by David Smith
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