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Sows Hole
Hob Uid: 1159211
Location : Somerset Sedgemoor Cheddar
Grid Ref : ST4784054550
Summary : A rock shelter located at the foot of the cliff on the southern side of Cheddar Gorge. It is one of two, the other known as Pig's Hole (ST 45 SE 2). There has been uncertainty in the past as to which is which. It has been decided, rather arbitrarily, that the smaller of the two, located at ST 47845455 should be known as Sow's Hole. Excavations in 1930 apparently recovered Iron Age potsherds.
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Source details : Corr. 6" (EK Tratman) 1953.
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : Balch, HE. 1947. Mendip - Cheddar,its gorge and caves, p52.
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 GHP 05-APR-1966.
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Source Number : 3a
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Source details : Stanton, WI. 1965. Map of caves of Cheddar Gorge.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Rock Shelter
Evidence : Enhanced Natural Feature

Components and Objects:

Period : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Rock Shelter
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 45 SE 115
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : EXCAVATION
Start Date : 1930-01-01
End Date : 1930-12-31

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Sows Hole