NGR: SD 391 758
NMR: SD37NE 76
SMR: C 5464
NCI: 2098
Excavation: C. Salisbury & D. Sheppard, 1992-4; D. Coward, 2001.
Curation: Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness.
Burials: MNI: 3 (2 adults, 1 juvenile).
Finds: ?Mesolithic flint flakes, cutmarked animal bones.
Date: Mesolithic (1)
14C: 9100 bp (SUERC-35295/GU-24408) on human bone.
Bibliography:
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
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, I.R. (2012) Kirkhead Cavern, Kent's Bank Cavern and Whitton's Cave near Allithwaite – geology, sediments and archaeology. In O'Regan, H.J. et al. (eds) Cave Archaeology and Karst Geomorphology of North West England. Quaternary Research Association, London, pp. 98-102.
Smith, I.R., Wilkinson, D.M. &: O'Regan, H.J. (2013) New Lateglacial fauna and early Mesolithic human remains from northern England. Journal of Quaternary Science 28: 542-544.