ravings found in county cave
The engravings
The engravings were found in a cemetery
Engravings thought to be about 10,000 years old have been found in a North Somerset cave once used as a cemetery.

Bristol University's Speleological Society discovered the engravings recently in a cave in the Mendip Hills.

The inscribed crosses were found on the wall of Aveline's Hole in Burrington Combe, one of the earliest known cemeteries in the UK.

It was used for burials shortly after the end of the last Ice Age, during the early Mesolithic period.

Jill Cook, from the British Museum, said: "This is an exciting and important discovery.

"The few lines that form this panel are a signature from the period right at the end of the last Ice Age when the present period of warm climate was beginning.

"The pattern is comparable with others known from Northern France, Germany and Denmark."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4243787.stm

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