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Andrew T. Chamberlain, and Jim Williams Department of Archaeology and Prehistory,
University of Sheffield, Northgate House, Sheffield, S1 4ET.
Most recent changes incorporated in June 2001.
When referencing this article, please use the following convention:
Chamberlain, A.T. & Williams, J.P. 2001. A Gazetteer of English Caves, Fissures and Rock
Shelters Containing Human Remains. Revised version June 2001. Capra 1 available at - http://capra.group.shef.ac.uk/1/caves.html
Site: Allithwaite Cave(Whittons Cave), Allithwaite, Cumbria
References:
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3. The Three Counties System and
the North-West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Salisbury, C.R. (1997) The prehistoric occupation of Blenkett Wood near
Allithwaite. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society 97: 1-10.
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Site: Bart's Shelter, Aldingham, Cumbria
References:
Bronk Ramsey, C.B. et al. (2000) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry Datelist 29. Archaeometry 42: 243-254.
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3. The Three Counties System and
the North-West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Salisbury, C.R. & Sheppard, D. (1991) The Mesolithic occupation of Heysham
Head, Lancashire. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian
Society 87: 141-147.
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Site: Baycliff Haggs (Scales Green), Aldingham, Cumbria
References:
Ashmead, P. (1973) The history of cave exploration in the Morecambe Bay area.
Cave Science (50): 29-41.
Barber, H. (1894) Furness and Cartmel notes. Ulverston.
West, A. (1774) Antiquities of Furness. Whitehaven.
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Site: Birkrigg Common , Urswick, Cumbria
References:
Erskine, J.S. & Wood, J. (1936) A Birkrigg burial. Transactions of the Cumberland and
Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 36: 151-157.
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Site: Bonfire Scar Cave, Aldingham, Cumbria
References:
Atkinson, W.G. (1926) Report on the exploration of Bonfire Scar Cave and Dobson
Cave, near Scales in Furness. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmoreland
Archaeological and Antiquarian Society 27: 110-116.
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3. The Three Counties System and
the North-West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Furness Underground. Clapham, Dalesman.
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Site: Capeshead Cave, Cartmel, Cumbria
References:
Ashmead, P. (1973) The history of cave exploration in the Morecambe Bay area.
Cave Science (50): 29-41.
Barber, H. (1894) Furness and Cartmell Notes. Atkinson, Ulverston.
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3. The Threee Counties System
and the North-West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Harrison, P.A. (1974) The caves of North-West Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Contrebis: Bulletin of the Lancaster Archaeological Society 2(2): 34-35.
Jackson, J.W. (1909) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The
Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
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Site: Dog Hole Cave (Haverbrack Bank Cave), Lancashire
References:
Benson, D. & Bland, K. (1963) The Dog Hole, Haverbrack. Transactions of the
Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 63: 61-76.
Bland, K.P. (1994) Cause of death of the humans recovered from Dog Hole,
Haverbrack. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society 94: 285-286.
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites
and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of
Sheffield.
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves. Volume 3. The Three Counties System and
the Northwest. Dalesman, Clapham
Jackson, J.W. (1914) Report on the excavation of a cave at Haverbrack,
Westmorland. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological
Society 14: 262-271.
King, A. (1974) A review of archaeological work in the caves of north west
England. In Waltham, A.C. (ed) The Limestones and Caves of North West England,
pp. 182-200.
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Site: Dog Holes Cave, Warton, Lancashire
References:
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites
and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of
Sheffield.
Jackson, J.W. (1909) On the discovery of the remains of lemmings in Dog Holes,
Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 227-229.
Jackson, J.W. (1909) Preliminary report on the exploration of "Dog
Holes" Cave, Warton Crag, near Carnsforth, Lancashire. Transactions of the
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 27: 1-32.
Jackson, J.W. (1910) Further report on the explorations at Dog Holes, Warton
Crag, Lancashire, with remarks on the contents of two adjacent caves.
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 28: 59-81.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The
Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) On the mollusca from the “cave earth”, Dog
Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 217-222, 233-238, 261-265
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) On the discovery of the remains of lemmings in Dog
Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 227-229.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) On the vertebrate fauna found in the cave-earth at Dog
Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 323-332.
Jackson, J.W. (1912) Third report on the excavations at Dog Holes, Warton Crag,
Lancashire. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 30:
99-130.
Jackson, J.W. (1915) Dental mutilations in Neolithic human remains. Journal of
Anatomy and Physiology 49: 72-79.
Penney, S.H. & Wild, T.P. (1982) Roman (twill-weave) textile impression from Dog Holes Cave (Lancs). Contrebis 9:34.
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Site: Fairy Hole, Warton, Lancashire
References:
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites
and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of
Sheffield.
Jackson, J.W. (1910) Further report on the explorations at Dog Holes, Warton
Crag, Lancashire, with remarks on the contents of two adjacent caves.
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 28: 59-81.
Royal Commission on Historical Monuments of England (1936) An Inventory of the
Historical Monuments in Westmorland. London, HMSO.
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Site: Heaning Wood Bone Cave, Furness, Lancashire
References:
Barnes, F. (1970) Prehistoric pottery from Furness. Transactions of the
Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 70: 1-8.
Harrison, P.A. (1974) The caves of North-West Lancashire and South Cumbria.
Contrebis: Bulletin of the Lancaster Archaeological Society 2(2): 34-35.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Underground in Furness. Clapham, Dalesman.
Longworth, I.H. (1984) Collared Urns of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and
Ireland. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
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Site: Helsfell Cave, Kendal, Cumbria
References:
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3. The Three Counties System and
the North West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Furness Underground. Clapham, Dalesman.
MacPherson, H.A. (1892) A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland, including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire north of the Sands. Edinburgh, Douglas.
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Site: Kents Bank Cavern, Allithwaite, Cumbria
References:
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3. The Three Counties System and
the North West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Salisbury, C.R. (1997) The prehistoric occupation of Blenkett Wood near
Allithwaite. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society 97: 1-10.
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Site: Kirkhead Cave, Allithwaite. Cumbria
References:
Ashmead, P. (1969) The origin and development of caves in the Morecambe Bay
area. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain 11: 201-208.
Ashmead, P. & Wood, R.H. (1974) Second report on the archaeological
excavations at Kirkhead Cavern. North West Speleology 2: 24-33.
Barber, H. (1894) Furness and Cartmel Notes. Ulverston: Atkinson.
Bolton, J. (1864) On the Kirkhead Cave, near Ulverstone. Journal of the
Anthropological Society 2: 251-254.
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites
and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of
Sheffield.
Campbell, J.B. (1977) The Upper Palaeolithic of Britain. Oxford University
Press, Oxford.
Clough, T.H.M. (1969) Bronze Age metalwork from Cumbria. Transactions of the
Cumbria and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 69: 1-39.
Evans, J. (1881) The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great
Britain and Ireland. London, Longman, Green & Co.
Gale, S.J. & Hunt, C.O. (1990) The stratigraphy of Kirkhead Cave, an Upper
Palaeolithic site in Northern England: discussion. Proceedings of the
Prehistoric Society 56: 51-56.
Gale, S.J. et al. (1984) Kirkhead Cave: biostratigraphy and
magnetostratigraphy. Archaeometry 26: 192-198.
Gale, S.J. et al. (1985) The stratigraphy of Kirkhead Cave, an Upper
Palaeolithic site in Northern England. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
51: 283-304.
Gilks, J.A. (1987) Later bronze age pottery from Kirkhead Cave, Cumbria.
Transactions of the Cumbria and Westmoreland Antiquarian and Archaeological
Society 87: 37-42.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The
Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
Morris, J.P. (1866) The bone caves of Cartmel. North Lonsdale Magazine 1:
166-172.
Morris, J.P. (1868) On the bone caves of Cartmel. Archaeological Journal 25:
324-5.
Morris, J.P. (1869) Report of excavations conducted in the Kirkhead Cave at
Ulverstone. Memoirs of the Anthropological Society of London 2: 358-363.
Morris, J.P. & Smith, H.E. (1865) Limestone caves of Craven and their
ancient inhabitants. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and
Cheshire 5: 199-231.
Salisbury, C.R. (1986) Comments on Kirkhead Cave, an Upper Palaeolithic site in
Northern England. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 52: 321-323.
Salisbury, C.R. (1997) The prehistoric occupation of Blenkett Wood near
Allithwaite. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society 97: 1-10.
Smith, H.E. (1865) The limestone caves of Craven and their ancient inhabitants.
Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Historical Society 17: 225.
Tipping, R. (1986) The stratigraphy of Kirkhead Cave, an Upper Palaeolithic
site in Northern England: a comment. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 52:
323-326.
Turnbull, P. (1991) Recording work at Kirkhead Cavern. Transactions of the
Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 91: 263.
Wood, R.H., Ashmead, P. & Mellars, P.A. (1970) First report on the
archaeological excavations at Kirkhead Cavern. North West Speleology 1: 19-24.
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Site: Lindale Low Cave, Lindale, Cumbria
References:
Salisbury, C.R. (1988) Late Upper Palaeolithic artefacts from Lindale Low Cave,
Cumbria. Antiquity 62: 510-513.
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Site: Merlewood Cave, Grange, Cumbria
References:
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites
and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of
Sheffield.
Cowper, H.S. (1893) Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian
Society 10: 206.
Cowper, H.S. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society 12: 277.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Furness Underground. Clapham, Dalesman.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The
Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
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Site: Perwick Cave, Port St Mary, Isle of Man
References:
Chiverrell, R.C. et al. (1999) Radiocarbon dates for the Isle of Man. In Davey, P.J. (ed.) Recent Archaeological Research on the Isle of Man. British Archaeological Reports, British Series, 278: 321-336.
Garrard, L.S. (1978) Evidence for the history of the vertebrate fauna of the
Isle of Man. In Davey, P. (ed) Man and Environment in the Isle of Man. British
Archaeological Reports, British Series 54: 63-68.
Shotton, F.W. & Williams, R.E.G. (1973) Birmingham University radiocarbon dates VII. Radiocarbon 15: 1-12.
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Site: Rawthey Cave, Cautley, Cumbria
References:
Brook, D. et al. (1994) Northern Caves, Volume 3: The Three Counties System and
the North-West. Dalesman, Skipton.
Chamberlain, A.T. et al. (1998) The archaeology of Rawthey Cave, Sedbergh,
Cumbria. Archaeology North
Goddard, A. (1998) Into the Wolf Den. Descent 142: 20-23.
Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1998) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system:
Archaeometry datelist 26. Archaeometry 40: 437-455.
Murphy, P. (1996) Rawthey Cave. Cave and Karst Science 23: 126.
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Site: Whitbarrow Bone Cave, Levens, Cumbria
References:
MacPherson, H.A. (1892) A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland, including Cumberland and Westmorland with Lancashire north of the Sands. Edinburgh, Douglas.
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