A brief note on faunal remains recovered from Hallowe’en Rift, Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK.

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 […]

Gaping Gill

Gaping Gill

An early start was in order to start the walk up ingleborough to the GG winch meet.

On reaching the makeshift town, we started to form a plan. My mom and dad would be descending the winch at 12:30 so the plan was to meet them in the main chamber fo…

“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.

“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 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 […]