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Cheddar Man

Gough's Cave, Somerset

Britain's oldest complete skeleton, with dark skin and blue eyes.

Cheddar Man was found in Gough's Cave in 1903. He lived around 10,000 years ago.

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When
c. 10,000 years ago
Where
51.2820, -2.7650
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Cheddar Gorge caves are open daily.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
From the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

In December 1903, workmen were doing drainage work in Gough’s Cave, in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, when they came across a human skeleton. It was the oldest almost complete human skeleton ever found in Britain.

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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