Wakebarrow Pot (Whitbarrow Bone Cave), Crosthwaite and Lyth, Cumbria


NGR: SD 4473 8694

NMR: SD48NW 18

SMR: 05331

NCI: 2124

Excavation: Bishop Auckland Caving Club, 1982.

Curation: -

Burials: MNI: 1+

Finds: : Animal bones.

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.

Ashmead, P. (1973) The history of cave exploration in the Morecambe Bay area. Cave Science VI 50: 29-41

Lancaster University Archaeological Unit (1999) Hampsfield Allotment, Whitbarrow and Brigsteer Woods, Cumbria: Archaeological Assessment Report. LUAU, Lancaster.

Spencer, B. (1984) Success for Bishop Auckland Club on Whitbarrow Fell. Descent 60: 16-17.

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