Hoverd, T. (2015). A report upon a Post-Roman cemetery at Merlin's Cave, Symond's Yat West, Herefordshire. Hereford: Herefordshire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1041884. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A report upon a Post-Roman cemetery at Merlin's Cave, Symond's Yat West, Herefordshire
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Series:		 Herefordshire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1041884
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Herefordshire Archaeology undertook a series of small scale, archaeological interventions outside of Merlin's cave, within Symond's Yat gorge between 2011 and 2015. Following the discovery of human remains prior in 2010. The works were necessary due to the seasonal erosion of human remains, (together with other archaeologically significant artefacts), from localised areas of the steep slope immediately below the cave site. The location and date of the burials together with the presence of a considerable quantity of human bone which appears to be eroding from the hill slope, would suggest that these were not isolated burials and that much of the area below Merlin's Cave may have been used as a cemetery. The age profile of the individuals, the location of their graves and the grave goods and the contents of the pit, raises some interesting possibilities concerning the type of cemetery and the relationship between it and the cave. (1)(2)
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Author:		 T Hoverd
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Publisher:		 Herefordshire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Herefordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Site: Merlin's Cave, Symond's Yat,
County: Herefordshire
District: Herefordshire, County of
Parish: WHITCHURCH
Country: England
Grid Reference: 355650, 215380 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) INHUMATION CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
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OASIS Id: hereford2-273407
OBIB: HAR 351
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Created Date:		 18 Aug 2017