Frank i' th' Rocks Cave (Palmer's Dig Cave), Hartington Town Quarter, Derbyshire


NGR: SK 13170 58401

NMR: SK 15 NW 37

SMR: 7024

SAM: -

DCR: 440

Excavation: G.H. Wilson, pre-1925; L.S. Palmer, 1925.

Curation: Buxton Museum.

Burials: MNI: 11 (4 adults, 7 juveniles).

Finds: Iron Age and Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.

Date: : Romano-British (1)

14C: 1765 bp (OxA-34199), 1786 bp (OxA-34200) on human bone.

Bibliography:

Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.

Fear, C.M. & O'Regan, H.J. (2019) The archaeology and human remains from Frank-i'-th'-Rocks Cave, Derbyshire: a reassessment of the evidence. Cave and Karst Science 46 (3): 99-106.

Holmes, F.A. (1928) Frank-i'-th'-Rocks Cave, Beresford Dale, Dovedale, Derbyshire in Hill, G.H. Borough of Buxton Museum Guide [Buxton; Buxton Museum.]

Palmer, L.S. & Lee, L.S. (1926) Frank-i'-th'-Rocks Cave and other northern caves in relation to the ice ages. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 2 (3): 244-260.

Papakonstantinou, N. (2009) Human Skeletal Remains from Neolithic Caves in the Peak District: an Osteoarchaeological and Taphonomic Approach. Unpublished MSc dissertation, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield.

Potts, J. (2020) The puzzle of Frank i' th’ Rocks Cave, Wolfscote Dale, Derbyshire, UK. Cave and Karst Science 47: 51.

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