Demons Dale Cave
Also known as Taddington Dale Resurgence Cave
Excavation
T.A. Harris, c.1932.
Curation
Sheffield City Museum (1995.161); Manchester Museum.
Burials
MNI: 4+
Finds
Flint dagger, chert artefacts, Bronze Age and Romano-British pottery.
Dates
Period | Reliability |
---|---|
Neolithic | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
Bronze Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
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Additional Notes
Probably Late Neolithic or Bronze Age in date.
External References
Derbyshire Cave Registry | 581 |
National Monuments Record | SK 17 SE 19 |
Sites and Monument Record | 13555 |
Bibliography
Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010) Caves of the Peak District. Hucklow Publishing, Derbyshire.
Jackson, J.W. (1962) Archaeology and Palaeontology. In Cullingford, C.H.D. (ed.) British Caving. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, pp. 252-346.
Marsden, B.M. (1994) The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. 4th edition, privately printed.
Article Author Graham Mullan