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moss M
moss Jan 5, 2011 07:46:33
Replying to GLADMAN

Not sure if this link has appeared but it relates to Jamie's swallets on the Mendips, Jodie Lewis (Capra) http://capra.group.shef.ac.uk/2/upwards.html.
Given that the Mendips is a fascinating place with caves.swallets, gorges and underground river/s, there seems to be evidence of deposition of an axe, etc in the Brimble swallet. Similar to the shaft on Martin Green's Down farm, which is mentioned in the concluding paragraph....

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tiompan Jan 5, 2011 10:09:17
Replying to moss

moss wrote:
Not sure if this link has appeared but it relates to Jamie's swallets on the Mendips, Jodie Lewis (Capra) http://capra.group.shef.ac.uk/2/upwards.html.
Given that the Mendips is a fascinating place with caves.swallets, gorges and underground river/s, there seems to be evidence of deposition of an axe, etc in the Brimble swallet. Similar to the shaft on Martin Green's Down farm, which is mentioned in the concluding paragraph....
Apart from the aforementioned .
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=60988&message=773607 which covers the natural and built distinction .
J ohn Barnatt and Mark Edmonds did a a paper for the CAJ "Places apart ? Caves and monuments in Neolithic and earlier Bronze Age Britain " which is about deposition in natural places mostly the peak district but they also refer to Gop Cairn .