Database compiled and produced by
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
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Site: Ash Tree Cave, Whitwell, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5148 7615
NMR: SK 57 NW 6
SMR: Dr 283; 15123
SAM: 13240
Excavation: A. Court & A.L. Armstrong, 1938-39; A.L.Armstrong, 1949-1957; S. West & D.N. Riley, 1959-60
Curation: Manchester Museum; Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Ethnography; Sheffield City Museum; Creswell Crags Visitor Centre
MNI: 7 (5 adults, 1 child, 1 cremation)
Finds: Charcoal; flint flakes; PTD arrowhead; animal bones; R-B artefacts; BA pottery (outside cave)
Date: Early Bronze Age (1)
14C: 3730 bp (OxA-4446) on human bone
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Site: Bower Farm, Rugely, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0303 1954
NMR: SK 01 NW 16
SMR: 04055
Excavation: 1979, Birmingham University Field Archaeology Unit
Curation: City Museum, Stoke on Trent
MNI: 2
Finds: Mesolithic flints and hearth
Date: Mesolithic or Neolithic (4)
14C: -
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Site: Calling Low Dale (Church Dale), Monyash, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1837 6541
NMR: SK 16 NE 13
SMR: 15710
Excavation: T.A. Harris & A.L. Armstrong, 1937-9
Curation: Sheffield City Museum
MNI: 15+ (8+ adults, 7 children)
Finds: Peterborough Ware, flint and chert blades and flakes, petit-tranchet-derivative arrowhead
Date: Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Carden Park Rock Shelter, Farndon, Cheshire
NGR: SJ 460 535
NMR: SJ 45 SE 28
SMR: -
Excavation: K.J. Matthews & A. Sinclair, 1996-1999
Curation: -
MNI: 1
Finds: Mesolithic artefacts, Neolithic polished axe fragment, Beaker & EBA pottery, animal bone
Date: Unknown
14C: -
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Site: Carsington Pasture Cave, Carsington, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 2415 5368
NMR: SK 25 SW 40
SMR: -
Excavation: A.T. Chamberlain, 1998-1999
Curation: University of Sheffield
MNI: 20 (9 adults, 11 children)
Finds: Flint flake, perforated bone pin, worked antler, cutmarked human bones, prehistoric pottery, Roman artefacts, animal bones
Date: Late Neolithic and Iron Age (1)
14C: 3980 bp (OxA-9930), 2435 bp (OxA-9806) on human bone; 5145 bp (OxA-9936) on animal bone
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Site: Cave Dale Cave No. 2, Castleton, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1499 8262
NMR: SK 18 SW 12
SMR: 3307
Excavation: R. Pennington, 1870s
Curation: Bolton Museum
MNI: 1+
Finds: Pottery, flint artefacts, bronze axe, worked bone and antler, animal bones
Date: Neolithic, Bronze Age or Iron Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: Cheshire Wood Cave, Waterhouses, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 1132 5330
NMR: SK 15 SW 71
SMR: 02662
Excavation: G.T. Emery & E. Mills, 1959
Curation: Hanley Museum, Stoke on Trent
MNI: 4 (2 adult, 2 children)
Finds: Antler tine; chert flake; Grimston Ware pottery; IA and RB pottery; animal bones
Date: ? Early Neolithic (4)
14C: -
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Site: Darfar Crag Cave (Wetton Mill Fissure), Manifold Valley, Staffordshire.
NGR: SK 0971 5590
NMR: SK 05 NE 31
SMR: 40041
Excavation: W. Finn & C. Stonier, 1986
Curation: Stoke-on-Trent Museum
MNI: 1+
Finds: animal bones
Date: unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Darfar Ridge Cave, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0980 5587
NMR: SK 05 NE 20
SMR: 00369, 04129, 04130, 05033
Excavation: F.H. Thomas, R. Moore, S. Nicholson, 1960-1; M. Milner 1980-1
Curation: ?Buxton Museum
MNI: 1+
Finds: Leaf shaped arrowhead; microlith; thumb scraper; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Later Neolithic (4)
14C: -
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Site: Demons Dale Cave (Taddington Dale Resurgence Cave), Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1689 7045
NMR: SK 17 SE 19
SMR: -
Excavation: T.A. Harris, c.1932
Curation: Sheffield City Museum (1995.161)
MNI: 4+
Finds: Flint dagger, chert artefacts, BA and RB pottery;
Date: Late Neolithic or Bronze Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: Dowel Cave (Dowel Hall Cave), Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 0756 6759
NMR: SK 06 NE 13
SMR: 6807 - 06811
SAM: Dr 285, 13243
Excavation: D. Bramwell, 1958-9
Curation: Stockport Museum; Buxton Museum
MNI: 10+ (6 adults, 4 children)
Finds: Retouched flint flakes, Peterborough ware, Beaker sherd, bone point, animal bones, RB artefacts
Date: Later Neolithic (2)
14C: 11,200 bp (OxA-1463) on antler
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Site: Elder Bush Cave, Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0978 5488
NMR: SK 05 SE 2
SMR: 00051, 05008
SAM: Staffs 35
Excavation: G.H. Wilson, 1934-9; D. Bramwell & P.A.S., 1946-52
Curation: Buxton Museum
MNI: 1+
Finds: Neolithic & EBA flints; Neolithic, EBA, EIA & RB pottery; animal bones
Date: Neolithic or BA (4)
14C: 10600 bp (OxA-811) on Cervus bone; 9000 bp (OxA-812) on charcoal
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Site: Falcon Low Cave (Old Park Hill Cave), Waterhouses, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 104 532
NMR: SK 15 SW 70
SMR: 02638, 40044
Excavation: G.T. Emery & E. Mills, 1958; Leek Field Club, 1967
Curation: Hanley Museum, Stoke on Trent
MNI: 6 (2 adults, 4 children)
Finds: Flint flakes, Neolithic & BA pottery, deer antler, animal bones
Date: Neolithic or BA (3)
14C: -
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Site: Fissure Cave (Lower Hartle Dale Cave), Bradwell, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1643 8033
NMR: SK 18 SE 23
SMR: 7601, 7604, 7607-8
Excavation: R. Pennington., 1872; A.L. Pill, 1961-1962, 1965
Curation: British Museum, Bolton Museum, Sheffield City Museum (1995.79)
MNI: 3 (1 adult, 2 children)
Finds: Peterborough Ware; polished stone axe; flint artefacts; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Later Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Fox Hole Cave, High Wheeldon, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 0997 6618
NMR: SK 06 NE 7
SMR: 29020
SAM: Dr 284, 13242
Excavation: S.G.B. Birks & B.S. Furneaux, 1928-9. D. Bramwell, 1961-1981
Curation: Buxton Museum
MNI: 2+
Finds: Peterborough ware, Early Bronze Age pottery, Group VI stone axe, flint microliths; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Early Neolithic (1)
14C: 5185 bp (OxA-9805), 5485 (OxA-9929) on human bone; 11,970 bp (OxA-1493); 12,000 bp (OxA-1494) on worked antler.
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Site: Frank i’ th’ Rocks Cave, Beresford Dale, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 1312 5843
NMR: SK 15 NW 37
SMR: -
Excavation: G.H. Wilson, pre-1925; L.S. Palmer, 1925
Curation: Buxton Museum
MNI: 10+ (?2 adult, 8 children)
Finds: IA & RB artefacts, animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Harborough Cave, Brassington, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 2422 5523
NMR: SK 25 NW 6
SMR: 3475
SAM: Dr 152
Excavation: W. Storrs Fox, 1907; A.L. Armstrong, 1920-1922; D. Bramwell, ?
Curation: ?Buxton Museum; Derby Museum; Sheffield Museum; British Museum, London
MNI: 2+
Finds: Neolithic (Peterborough ware), Beaker, LBA & EIA pottery; leaf-shaped arrowheads; flint and chert artefacts; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Later Neolithic or Bronze Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: Hob's House Cave, Monsal Dale, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1755 7125
NMR: SK 17 SE 56
SMR: 415
Excavation: W. Storrs Fox, 1911
Curation: ?
MNI: 1 subadult
Finds: BA pottery
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Langwith Cave, Upper Langwith, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5179 6949
NMR: SK 56 NW 8
SMR: 12306
SAM: Dr 76, 13239
Excavation: E.H. Mullins, 1903-12; D. Garrod, 1927
Curation: Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Ethnography; Oxford University Museum; Derby Museum; Buxton Museum; Natural History Museum, London
MNI: 2 (1 adult, 1 child)
Finds: Flint artefacts, animal bones
Date: Iron Age (1)
14C: 2330 bp (OxA-2232) on human bone
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Site: Lathkill Dale, Monyash, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1674 6599
NMR: SK 16 NE 47
SMR: -
Excavation: 1961
Curation: ?
MNI: 3 (1 adult, 2 children)
Finds:
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Lathkilldale Sough, Over Haddon, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 205 661
NMR: SK 26 NW 55
SMR: -
Excavation: ?1744
Curation: ?
MNI: 1
Finds: Deer antlers
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Middleton Dale Eyam, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 22- 76-
NMR: SK 27 NW 12
SMR: -
Excavation: 1934
Curation: ?
MNI: 12+
Finds:
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Mill Pot Cave, Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0966 5609
NMR: SK 05 NE 21
SMR: 02655, 04114
Excavation: B. Bently, 1960; P. Turner, 1962
Curation: Stoke on Trent Museum
MNI: 2+ (adults)
Finds: Beaker and BA pottery, worked bone and tooth, animal bones
Date: Late Neolithic or Bronze Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: Monsal Dale, Little Longstone, Debyshire
NGR: SK 1812 7183
NMR: SK 17 SE 16
SMR: -
Excavation: ?
Curation: ?
MNI: 1
Finds: Flint implement; animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Mother Grundy's Parlour, Creswell, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5358 7426
NMR: SK 57 SW 28
SMR: 15101 - 15104
SAM: Dr 75, 275
Excavation: W.B. Dawkins & J.W. Mello, 1876
Curation: Dept Geology, University of Manchester; British Museum, London; Natural History Museum, London; Worksop Museum; Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford; Bolton; Derby; Birmingham; Cambridge Museum; Creswell Crags Visitor Centre
MNI: 4 (children)
Finds: flint tools; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Middle Neolithic to Iron Age (1)
14C: 4640 bp (OxA-2350), 3790 bp (OxA-2351), 3720 bp (OxA-4442), 2210 bp (OxA-1832) on human bone.
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Site: Old Hannah’s Hole (Redhurst Cave), Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0998 5569
NMR: SK 05 NE 19
SMR: 00368
Excavation: T. Wardle, 1896
Curation: Stoke City Museum
MNI: 5 (4 adults, 1 child)
Finds: Neo/BA pottery; flints
Date: ?Neolithic or Bronze Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: One Ash Shelter, Lathkill Dale, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1726 6559
NMR: SK 16 NE 10
SMR: 10262
Excavation: T.A. Harris, 1928
Curation: ?Buxton Museum
MNI: 1
Finds: Discoidal knife, leaf-shaped arrowhead; flint flakes
Date: Later Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Ossiferous Fissure (C8), Creswell, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5335 7415
NMR: SK 57 SW 34
SMR: -
Excavation: W.L.H. Duckworth & F.E. Swainson, 1894
Curation: Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge; University Museum of Archaeology & Ethnography, Cambridge
MNI: 1+
Finds: Quartzite and flint flakes, animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Ossom's Crag Cave (Yellersley Tor Cave), Grindon, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0958 5576
NMR: SK 05 NE 16
SMR: 00367, 04107, 05032
SAM: 13218
Excavation: D. Bramwell, 1954-6
Curation: Stoke on Trent Museum; Dept of Geology, University of Manchester
MNI: 1
Finds: Prehistoric pottery; flints; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Early Neolithic (1)
14C: 4860 bp (OxA-630) on human bone
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Site: Pin Hole Cave, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 533 741
NMR: SK 57 SW 71
SMR: 15110, 15111
SAM: Dr 69, 275
Excavation: M. Mello, 1874; A.L. Armstrong, 1924-1938
Curation: Manchester Museum; Natural History Museum, London; Derby Museum; Middlesborough Museum; British Museum, London; Buxton Museum; Creswell Crags Visitor Centre; Warrington Museum
MNI: 2 (1 adult, 1 child)
Finds: Beaker and Collared Urn pottery, flint knife, scraper and flake
Date: Late Neolithic/EBA (2)
14C: 4120 bp (BM-437) on charcoal 3910 bp (BM-438) on charcoal 3750 bp (OxA-1469) on animal bone
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Site: Poole's Cavern, Buxton, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 0500 7251
NMR: SK 07 SW 1
SMR: -
SSSI: 457
Excavation: F. Redfern, 1854-1887; D. Bramwell, 1981-84
Curation: Buxton Museum, Poole's Cavern Museum,
MNI: 7+
Finds: Flint tools, RB artefacts, animal bones
Date: Assumed RB or Medieval
14C: -
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Site: Rains Cave (Longcliffe Fissure), Longcliffe, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 2258 5535
NMR: SK 25 NW 4
SMR: 2457, 3476
Excavation: J. Ward, 1890-1892; D. Vallence, 1961
Curation: National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (89.66H)
MNI: 6+
Finds: Peterborough Ware, Bronze Age pottery, RB pottery, flint artefacts, animal bones
Date: Neolithic or Bronze Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: Ravencliffe Cave, Cressbrook, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1739 7356
NMR: SK 17 SE 2
SMR: 6405 TO 6410
Excavation: W. Storrs Fox, 1902-10; 1927-28
Curation: British Museum; Buxton Museum; Derby Museum
MNI: 20+
Finds: Two polished stone axes, flint flakes and scrapers, Peterborough ware, LBA pottery, leaf shaped arrowhead; RB artefacts
Date: Later Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Robin Hood's Cave, Creswell, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5341 7419
NMR: SK 57 SW 32
SMR: y15106, 15107
SAM: Dr 237, 275
Excavation: Mello et al., 1875-1880; Laing, 1885; J.B. Campbell, 1969; R.D.S. Jenkinson, 1981
Curation: British Museum, London; Manchester Museum; Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford; Creswell Crags Visitor Centre; Bolton Museum; Doncaster; Preston; Sheffield; Brewhouse Yard Museum, Nottingham
MNI: 2+
Finds: Flints; animal bones
Date: Early Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British (1)
14C: 2020 bp, 1785 bp (OxA-736, OxA-6581) on human bone; 4870 bp, 5000 bp (OxA-1807, OxA-7386) on human bone
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Site: Saint Bertram's Cave (Beeston Tor Cave), Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 1066 5405
NMR: SK 15 SW 13
SMR: 00432, 04153, 05039
Excavation: Various inc. F.A. Holmes, 1830s onwards; G.H. Wilson, 1924-1938
Curation: Buxton Museum; British Museum, London
MNI: 1+
Finds: LUP flints, MBA & IA pottery, BA jet armlet, flint scraper, RB artefacts, Saxon hoard, animal bones
Date: unknown (4)
14C: -
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Site: Scabba Wood Rock Shelter, Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire
NGR: SE 5269 0196
NMR: SE 50 SW 52
SMR: -
Excavation: South Yorkshire Archaeological Service, 1992; M. Parker Pearson, 1998
Curation: Dept of Archaeology & Prehistory, University of Sheffield
MNI: 3 (2 adults, 1 child)
Finds: Neolithic pottery, animal bones
Date: Middle Neolithic (1)
14C: 4590 bp (UB-3629) on human bone
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Site: Sepulchral Cave (Bone Cave 'D'), Markland Grips, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 510 751
NMR: SK 57 NW 22
SMR: 5251
Excavation: Armstrong, 1924
Curation: Sheffield City Museum
MNI: 5+
Finds: Neolithic pottery; animal bones
Date: Neolithic (1)
14C: 4760 (OxA-4447), 4740 (OxA-4448) on human bone
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Site: Sevenways Cave, Manifold Valley, Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0982 5490
NMR: SK 05 SE 3
SMR: 00291, 05030
Excavation: D. Bramwell, 1948-54
Curation: Buxton Museum; Stoke City Museum
MNI: 1+
Finds: 2 leaf shaped arrowheads, Peterborough Ware, RB & Medieval artefacts
Date: ?Neolithic (4)
14C: -
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Site: Steetley Quarry Cave, Shireoaks, Nottinghamshire
NGR: SK 558 811
NMR: SK 58 SE 23
SMR: -
Excavation: 1926; Richardson, 1975; Jenkinson, 1979-81
Curation: Wollaton Hall Museum, Nottingham; Creswell Crags Visitor Centre
MNI: 1
Finds: Animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Sycamore Cave (Ecton Hill Caves), Ecton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 102 570
NMR: SK 15 NW 45
SMR: -
Excavation: M. & K. Dalton, 1985-1990
Curation: Buxton Museum
MNI: 2+ (infants)
Finds: Copper axe, pottery, flint scrapers, animal bones
Date: ?Neolithic (5)
14C: -
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Site: Thirst House Cave (Deep Dale Cave), Derbyshire
NGR: SK 0971 7129
NMR: SK 07 SE 8/9
SMR:yes
Excavation: M. Salt & J. Ward, 1884-1900
Curation: Buxton Museum
MNI: 4+
Finds: RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: ? RB (4)
14C: -
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Site: Thorpe Common Shelter, Thorpe Salvin, South Yorkshire
NGR: SK 5287 7937
NMR: SK 57 NW 2
SMR: -
Excavation: White, 1969; Jenkinson, 1987
Curation: Creswell Crags Visitor Centre
MNI: 1
Finds: Chert and flint artefacts, animal bones
Date: Late Mesolithic (4)
14C: 6433 bp (Q-1116) on charcoal; 6616 bp (Q-1117) on charcoal; 5680 bp (Q-1118) on animal bone
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Site: Thors Cave (Thyrsis's Cavern), Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0986 5496
NMR: SK 05 SE 1
SMR: 00290, 05029
Excavation: S. Carrington, 1864-5
Curation: Derby Museum; Stoke on Trent Museum; Sheffield Museum
MNI: 1
Finds: Polished stone axe, Beaker & BA pottery, worked antler, bronze & amber artefacts, RB artefacts
Date: ?Neolithic (4)
14C: -
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Site: Thor's Fissure Cavern, Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0985 5496
NMR: SK 05 NE 30
SMR: 01959, 05221-3, 40245
Excavation: G.H. Wilson, 1927-1935
Curation: Buxton Museum
MNI: 6+ (4 adults, 2 children)
Finds: U Pal flints, polished stone axe, Late Neolithic IA & RB pottery, amber beads, bronze artefacts, animal bones
Date: unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Tom Bell’s Cave, Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire
NGR: SD 9786 2906
NMR: SD 92 NE 27
SMR: -
Excavation: 1899
Curation: Skull now lost
MNI: 1 (adult)
Finds: None
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Treak Cliff Sepulchral Cave, Castleton, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1357 8299
NMR: SK 18 SW 5
SMR: 3303
Excavation: A.L. Armstrong & R.V. Favell, 1921
Curation: Stockport Museum; Treak Cliff Cavern Museum
MNI: 3+
Finds: Polished (Group VI) stone axe, antler pick, flint pebble, animal bones
Date: Later Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Waterfall Swallet , Eyam, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1984 7705
NMR: SK 17 NE 50
SMR: -
Excavation: D. Webb & Masson Caving Group, 1999-2000
Curation: University of Sheffield
MNI: 1
Finds: Animal bone
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Wentbridge Viaduct, Wentbridge, West Yorkshire
NGR: SE 4932 1730
NMR: SE 41 NE 42
SMR: -
Excavation: 1961
Curation: ?
MNI: 1
Finds: -
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Wetton Mill Farm Fissure , Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0969 5604
NMR: -
SMR: 03987
Excavation: Manifold Cave Survey, 1993
Curation: Stoke on Trent Museum
MNI: 1
Finds: Animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Wetton Mill Rock Shelter (Nan Tor Cave), Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0952 5619
NMR: SK 05 NE 23
SMR: 02654, 05256-9
Excavation: Phoenix Old Mine & Cave Research Society, 1962; J.H. Kelly, 1970s
Curation: Stoke on Trent Museum; Buxton Museum
MNI: 4 (1 adult, 3 children)
Finds: Mesolithic, Neolithic & BA flint & bone tools; Neolithic & BA pottery; RB artefacts; Med & Post-Med pottery; animal bones
Date: Neolithic or BA (4)
14C: 8847 bp (Q-1127) on animal bone from Mesolithic levels
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Site: Wetton Mill Upper Cave , Wetton, Staffordshire
NGR: SK 0972 5615
NMR: SK 05 NE 37
SMR: -
Excavation: A. Chamberlain, 1998 (surface recovery)
Curation: University of Sheffield
MNI: 1 (adult)
Finds: Animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Whaley Rock Shelter No. 1, Whaley, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5152 7170
NMR: SK 57 SW 4
SMR: -
Excavation: A.L. Armstrong, 1937
Curation: Sheffield
MNI: 1+
Finds: Flint & quartzite artefacts, RB pottery, animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Whaley Rock Shelter No. 2, Whaley, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 5113 7212
NMR: SK 57 SW 82
SMR: 11232
Excavation: A.L. Armstrong & A. Court, 1937-1948; J. Radley, 1966
Curation: Manchester Museum; Natural History Museum, London; Sheffield City Museum
MNI: 1+ (adult)
Finds: Neolithic (Peterborough ware) & BA pottery; unpolished greenstone axe; flint, chert and quartzite artefacts; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: EBA (1)
14C: 3470 bp (OxA-4021) on human bone
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Site: Windy Knoll Fissure, Castleton, Derbyshire
NGR: SK 1263 8303
NMR: SK 18 SW 33
SMR: -
Excavation: R. Pennington, J. Tym & W.B. Dawkins, 1870-1876
Curation: Buxton Museum; Derby Museum; Cambridge; British Museum, London; Sheffield City Museum
MNI: 1+
Finds: Animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: 37,300 bp (OxA-4579) on bison bone
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