Caves · South West England
Gough's Cave
In or near Cheddar.
Gough's Cave — Cave and archaeological site in the United Kingdom.
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Gough's Cave is a cave in south west. (Cave and archaeological site in the United Kingdom.) According to Wikipedia: "Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m (377 ft) deep and is 3.405 km (2.12 mi) long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. It contains the Cheddar Yeo, the largest underground river system in Britain. Archaeologically, the cave is known for an occupation by late Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian peoples around 14,700 years ago, whose remains in the cave show evidence of the practice of cannibalism, the production of skull cups, and the domestication of dogs. The considerably younger Mesolithic skeleton of Cheddar Man, dating to around 10,300 years ago, was also found in the cave."
- Coordinates
- 51.2820, -2.7656
Sources
- osm: n31414693 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Gough's Cave (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Gough's Cave, Alladdin's Cave.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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