| Summary : A rock shelter at the foot of a cliff face in Asham Wood. Excavations took place between 1958 and 1964, with finds ranging mainly from the Neolithic to the Roman period. Neolithic material included pottery, a bone awl and a leaf-shaped arrowhead; Bronze Age items included a barbed and tanged arrowhead, and a gold bracelet. Roman finds comprised mainly pottery (though the final report raises the possibility that some may be 10th century AD or later). Iron Age sherds were also present. The lowest deposit, described as "late Pleistocene", contained some animal bones but no artefacts. Some 17th century pottery and a gold stud occurred in the uppermost layer. The Neolithic and Bronze Age finds were given to Bristol City Museum, the Post Medieval gold stud to Blaise Castle House Folk Museum. |
More information : ST 705 445. Excavations in the rock shelter called
"Tom Tivey's Hole", revealed sherds comprising an almost
complete profile of around based bowl of Abingdon ware, also the
pointed end of a probable Neolithic bone awl. Finds also included a gold stud of post medieval date, and pottery of the same period; late Iron Age and Romano-British pottery, and similarly dated pottery; Neolithic potsherds plus human remains, and lithic items including a leaf shaped arrowhead and a barbed and tanged arrowhead. An object described as a gold band may be Bronze Age or Roman.
Tom Tivey's Hole is a natural rock shelter at the foot of a
cliff face at ST 7051 4447. The entrance is 4.0m wide by 2.5m
high and the roof slopes down to the floor 3.5m in from the
entrance. Surveyed at 1/2500
A full report of the excavations which was conducted by
Mr. John Barrett, is being prepared. The material from this
excavation and a bone pottery stamp (AO/64/88/1-4), found
during field investigation is in Bristol Museum.
Excavation of Tom Tivey's Hole was commenced in 1958. The Ne
pottery was later identified as Windmill Hill ware, and other
finds included a gold band, presumably of BA date, a barbed
& tanged arrowhead, and Ro. pottery.
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