Gough's Cave
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Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m deep and is 3.405 km long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations.
Stalagmites and stalactites in Gough's cave
The entrance to Gough's Cave
Alladdin's Cave, a chamber and mirror pool inside Gough's Cave
Cheddar cheese maturing in the cave
Cheddar Man
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Cheddar Man is a human male skeleton found in Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England. The skeletal remains date to around the mid-to-late 9th millennium BC, corresponding to the Mesolithic p
Gough's Cave
…remains showing cannibalism, the production of skull cups, and the domestication of dogs, as well as for the considerably younger Mesolithic skeleton of Cheddar Man, dating to around 10,300 years ago. The initial sections of the cave, previously known as Sand Hole, were accessible prior to the 19th century. Between…
Cheddar man skull
The upper body of the Cheddar Man
Reconstructed head of the Cheddar Man based on the shape of his skull and DNA analysis, shown at the Natural History Museum in London (2019)
Cheddar Man's skeleton viewed from the side