Red campion, Silene dioica, with open flowers observed at several locations in the verges alongside a local lane in West Harptree, Northeast Somerset. Recently night-time temperatures have dropped well below 0 degrees centigrade.
January
January
Red campion, Silene dioica, with open flowers observed at several locations in the verges alongside a local lane in West Harptree, Northeast Somerset. Recently night-time temperatures have dropped well below 0 degrees centigrade.
An interim report on radiocarbon dates obtained on human remains recovered from an Early Neolithic burial site at Kewstoke Road rock shelter, Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, UK.
[A similar version of this report was published in Cave & Karst Science, Volume 52, No. 2 (2025) p. 67-70. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association.] Abstract Following the recovery of human remains from a site at Kewstoke Road, near Weston-super-Mare, several samples were sent for radiocarbon dating. A total of four radiocarbon dates […]
Mendip Times: December 2025
Mendip Times article regarding the discovery of a woolly rhinoceros skull and other faunal remains from a small cave located in Fairy Cave Quarry, Mendip Hills, Somerset. https://issuu.com/mediafabrica/docs/issue_7_-volume_21-_mendip_times/80 Corrections: Caption for image (lower left) should read: Woolly rhino, distal end of humerus. Photograph by Roz Simmonds, 14/02/2025. Also, presentation by Danielle Schreve was given at […]
22nd November
17th Annual J’Rat Digging Awards held at the Hunters’ Lodge Inn, Priddy, Mendip. Well done to Ali Moody & team for a tremendous effort and discovery in Longwood Valley Sink. Below are the slides from the PowerPoint presentation I gave regarding some faunal and human remains found and recovered from a three Mendip sites in […]
Fungal foray in Stockhill Woods, Mendip Hills, Somerset.
The common name Fly Agaric comes from the practice of breaking the cap into platefuls of milk, used since medieval times to stupefy flies. It is a strong hallucinogen and intoxicant and is used as such by the Sami of northern Scandinavia. In such cases the cap is dried and swallowed without chewing, the symptoms […]
A brief note on faunal remains recovered from Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK.
[A similar version of this report was published in Caves & Karst Science, Vol.48, No.3, p.95-96. 2021. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association] Abstract: During 2011, a small-scale excavation in Toil and Trouble, located in the lower series of passages in Hallowe’en Rift, recovered a single animal bone from the fine sediments. The bone […]
“If you go into the woods…” A summary of a faunal assemblage, including Brown bear, Ursus arctos, recovered from Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK.
British National Grid ST 5353 4811 [A similar version of this report has previously been published in Caves & Karst Science Vol. 52 (1), 2025, p.27-31. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association (BCRA)] Abstract Excavation for speleological purposes is an intrusive process and as such it is vital that sediments and other deposits contained […]
A brief note on the recovery of a Woolly rhinoceros skull and other faunal remains from a small cave at Fairy Cave Quarry, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. [NGR ST 65529 47500]
[A similar version of this report was published in Cave & Karst Science, Vol. 52 (1), 2025, p.32-34. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association.] Quarter Way Up Hole (QWUH) is a small cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, Mendip Hills, Somerset (NGR ST 65529 47500). It is being dug actively by cavers in an effort […]
Notes and observations of sediments containing ferro-manganese spherules found in Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset
A similar version has previously been published in Caves & Karst Science, Vol.51, No.3 (2024) pp.129-133. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association. Abstract During 2024 excavations in the area known as ‘Can of Worms’ in Hallowe’en Rift, an interesting sediment deposit was exposed and later sampled. A sub-sample was washed to remove the silt … Continue reading “Notes and observations of sediments containing ferro-manganese spherules found in Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset”
Notes and observations of sediments containing ferro-manganese spherules found in Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset
A similar version has previously been published in Caves & Karst Science, Vol.51, No.3 (2024) pp.129-133. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association. Abstract During 2024 excavations in the area known as ‘Can of Worms’ in Hallowe’en Rift, an interesting sediment deposit was exposed and later sampled. A sub-sample was washed to remove the silt … Continue reading “Notes and observations of sediments containing ferro-manganese spherules found in Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset”
