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Note that there may be a few slight discrepancies between counts given in the text and the returned results in the gazetteer. This is a result of corrections and amendments (not updates) made to the gazetteer since the research was published in BAR. This does not materially affect the picture presented but does add more detail.

Site name Gough's Cave, Cheddar

Site number 318

Burial codes 5001 5008 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5084 5098 5104 5111 5122 5143 5151 5181

3500bc - 2500bc A skeleton accompnied by a large number of possibly Early Neolithic flint flakes was found in the cave, beneath a deposit of somewhat porous stalagmite.

Remains/Period Y5

County Somerset

Region SW

National grid square ST

X coordinate 430

Y coordinate 530

Bibliographic source Balch 1914

Query

Site name	Gough's Cave, Cheddar
Site number	318
Burial codes	5001 5008 5021 5023 5026 5028 5030 5035 5042 5046 5051 5065 5075 5084 5098 5104 5111 5122 5143 5151 5181
3500bc - 2500bc	A skeleton accompnied by a large number of possibly Early Neolithic flint flakes was found in the cave, beneath a deposit of somewhat porous stalagmite.
Remains/Period	Y5
County	Somerset
Region	SW
National grid square	ST
X coordinate	430
Y coordinate	530
Bibliographic source	Balch 1914