CAVE BURIAL

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

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

PeriodReliability
NeolithicStratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate
Bronze AgeStratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate

14C

-

Additional Notes

Probably Late Neolithic or Bronze Age in date.

Taddington

Derbyshire

Midlands

NGR: SK 1689 7045

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External References

Derbyshire Cave Registry581
National Monuments RecordSK 17 SE 19
Sites and Monument Record13555

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