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is all about excursions in the countryside including caving and digging trips, walks and thoughts.

Simmonds, V. 2014. An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst. Mendip Cave Register & Archive (MCRA). (currently being revised, 2016)

An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst is freely available online at www.mendipgeoarch.net and in the archaeology section of the Mendip Cave Register & Archive at www.mcra.org.uk

28th January 2015

2015 Posted by mendipgeoarchPosted on Wed, January 28, 2015 20:50:38

Partially excavated prehistoric pot (Early Iron Age) on a site near Blandford in Dorset. Curiously was unable to see any cut to the feature, the pot was quite high in the subsoil and amongst some large flint nodules and it is suggested this might have afforded some protection from the plough. Scale 0.5 metre.



Mendip cave archaeology

Notes Posted by mendipgeoarchPosted on Wed, January 28, 2015 05:54:18

Simmonds, V. 2014. An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst. Mendip Cave Register & Archive (MCRA).

I’ve spent some time beavering away at putting together ‘An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst’ that is freely available online in the archaeology section of the Mendip Cave Register & Archive at www.mcra.org.uk