The skeleton known as “The Cheddar Man” was found when a drainage trench was dug inside Gough’s Cave (NGR ST 46705631). The skeleton was sealed under the same stalagmite layer as that which covered the Late Pleistocene/Late Upper Palaeolithic deposits in the entrance passage. The problems discussed are:- Was the skeleton the product of accidental death by drowning or was there a deliberate burial? If the latter were there any grave goods and what were the relationships between the skeleton and the Late Upper Palaeolithic occupation and the other human bones found in the Late Pleistocene cave deposits?

In January 1973, Professor Tratman found a quantity of samian-ware (unstratified, from Town Field, 1956) in the reserves of the Societry’s Museum. The important pieces are illustrated.

Limited excavations have shown that Stokeleigh Camp was occupied during the Late Pre-Roman Iron Age, in the course of which period the inner rampart was probably built. Habitation continued without a substantial break until the middle of the 1st Century A.D. During the latter part of this occupation Belgic influences would appear to have been strongest, although some of the pottery exhibits Durotrigian features. After a break, the site appears to have been re-used during the middle to late 2nd century A.D. The finds and field notes from the site are deposited at the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society’s Museum.

A description is given of bones of Bos primigenius found in a cave dig on Mendip. Comparisons are made of the measurements of the bones with those of other Bos primigenius from post-glacial sites in Great Britain. The production of incised cuts in the horn core is discussed.

This paper is based on three main ideas. First that the Coolagh River Valley was formed by ice action during the last glaciation. Second that during the retreat stages of the ice caves were developed and swallet retreat took place. Third that its form differs from that of the Aille, which was cut in the Clare Shales, because the Coolagh River valley was cut very largely in the underlying Carboniferous Limestone and not in the shales.