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Sugar Loaf Slitter
Hob Uid: 194630
Location : Somerset Sedgemoor Cheddar
Grid Ref : ST4683054140
Summary : A fissure located behind Sugar Loaf Rock in Cheddar Gorge. Animal bones of Palaeolithic date including cave lion, cave bear, hyena and possibly rhinocerous have been found, but there seems to be no reference to any human remains or artefacts.
More information : [ST 46835414] Sugar Loaf Rock [T.I.] (1) Bones of Cave Lion, Cave Bear and Hyaena and possibly Rhinoceros found in a fissure behind Sugarloaf Rock. In Goughs Cave Musuem. (2) This fissure is known as Sugar loaf Slitter and is at ST 46905415. There seems to be no record of any human remains from this site. Positioned at 1:2500. (3)

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Source details : O.S.6" 1960
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Source details : Balch, HE. 1947. Mendip - Cheddar, its Gorge & Caves. pp50-51
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Source details : F1 GHP 24-MAR-66
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Palaeolithic
Display Date : Palaeolithic
Monument End Date : -10000
Monument Start Date : -500000
Monument Type : Cave
Evidence : Enhanced Natural Feature

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Period : Palaeolithic
Component Monument Type : Cave
Object Type : ANIMAL REMAINS
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 45 SE 23
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-03-24
End Date : 1966-03-24

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Sugar Loaf Slitter