Cave Dale Cave No. 2
Excavation
R. Pennington, 1870s.
Curation
Bolton Museum; Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.
Burials
MNI: 4 (2 adults, 2 juveniles).
Finds
Pottery, flint artefacts, bronze axe, worked bone and antler, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Iron Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
| Bronze Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
| Neolithic | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
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Additional Notes
The human remains may be Neolithic, Bronze Age or Iron Age in date.
External References
| Derbyshire Cave Registry | 8 |
| National Monuments Record | SK 18 SW 12 |
| Sites and Monument Record | 3307 |
Bibliography
Heath, T. (1882) Pleistocene deposits of Derbyshire and its immediate vicinity. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 4: 161-178.
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 Unpublished MSc dissertation, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield.
Pennington, R. (1875) On the bone caves in the neighbourhood of Castleton, Derbyshire. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 31: 238-245.
Pennington, R. (1877) Notes on the Barrows and Bone-Caves of Derbyshire. With an Account of a Descent into Eldon Hole. Macmillan, London.
Preston, F.L. (1961) A flat axe from Ashampton. Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society 8: 162.
Article Author Graham Mullan