CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Bull Pit

Excavation

Technical Speleological Group, 2011-19.

Curation

University of Manchester.

Burials

MNI: 2 (adults).

Finds

Animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
Roman14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

1868 bp (SUERC-90243) on human bone; 515 bp (GrM-17239), 820 bp (GrM-17240), 743 bp (ETH-94748), 1145 bp (ETH-94749) on animal bone.

Field Glossary

Peak Forest

Derbyshire

Midlands

NGR: SK 10650 81432

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External References

Derbyshire Cave Registry56
Sites and Monument Record11689

Bibliography

Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010) Caves of the Peak District. Hucklow Publishing, Derbyshire.

Chamberlain, A.T. (2018) Animal bones from Bull Pit, Perryfoot. The Derbyshire Caver 150: 14-15.

Chamberlain, A.T., Mason, E. & Williams, N. (2020) Radiocarbon dating of vertebrate remains from Bull Pit, Perryfoot, Derbyshire. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society 28 (2): 245-252.

Chandler, B. (2007) Early exploration of mines at Perryfoot, Derbyshire. Mining History 16: 32-35.

Ullathorne, A. (2001) Perryfoot Farm, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, Archaeological Survey. Unpublished report.

Williams, N. & Mason, E. (2017) The Bullpit dig. TSG 19: Journal of the Technical Speleological Group. 130-136.

Article Author Graham Mullan