Gough's Cave

Gough's Cave
Gwen and James Anderson · CC BY-SA 2.0

Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave extends 115 meters deep and 3.405 kilometers in length, featuring large chambers and rock formations [1]. It contains the Cheddar Yeo, the largest underground river system in Britain [1]. Archaeologically, the cave is famous for a late Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian occupation around 14,700 years ago, with human remains showing evidence of cannibalism and skull cup production [1]. The cave also yielded the Mesolithic skeleton of Cheddar Man, dating to approximately 10,300 years ago [1].

TypeCave Structures
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.2815° N, 2.7641° W

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