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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

Ditch & Post Holes

2014 Posted on Tue, March 18, 2014 16:16:54

Excavated an interesting ditch with associated post holes [15 in number] down in Dorset. Unfortunately no dating evidence was recovered just one piece of burnt flint.



Garrowpipe Spring

2014 Posted on Sun, February 02, 2014 12:42:25

Walked up through Harptree Combe to take a look at Garrowpipe Spring on a pleasant Sunday morning – dry, bit of a breeze and good visibility. There was a good flow of water in the previously noted collapse. The more I look at this site, the more I think “what an interesting little digging project this would be”. The site has been dug in the past by the Bristol Exploration Club in 1972. Barrington and Stanton (1977) record a mean daily flow of 40 000 gallons with no proved feeders.



Stockhill Woods, Mendip

2014 Posted on Thu, January 02, 2014 13:41:04

2nd January 2014.

Bronze Age barrow with ditch, one of a small group of barrows, located in Stockhill Woods, Priddy, Mendip. As with many of the barrow’s found on Mendip it has been subjected to the attentions of the Rev. Skinner in the 19th century.



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