Dowel Cave
Also known as Dowel Hall Cave
Excavation
D. Bramwell, 1958-9.
Curation
Stockport Museum; Buxton Museum.
Burials
MNI: 10+ (6 adults, 4 juveniles).
Finds
Retouched flint flakes, Peterborough ware pottery, Beaker sherd, bone point, Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material |
14C
11,200 bp (OxA-1463) on antler.
Additional Notes
Later Neolithic in date.
External References
| Derbyshire Cave Registry | 434 |
| National Monuments Record | SK 06 NE 13 |
| Sites and Monument Record | 6807 to 6811 |
| Scheduled Ancient Monuments | Dr 285, 13243 |
Bibliography
Bramwell, D. (1957) Preliminary note on Dowel Hall Cave. Peakland Archaeological Society Newsletter 14: 16-17.
Bramwell, D. (1958) Second report on the investigations at Dowel Hall Cave. Peakland Archaeological Society Newsletter 15: 8-13.
Bramwell, D. (1959) Third report on the investigations at Dowel Hall Cave. Peakland Archaeological Society Newsletter 16: 7-10.
Bramwell, D. (1959) The excavation of Dowel Cave, Earl Sterndale, 1958-9. Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 79: 97-109.
Bramwell, D. (1960) The vertebrate fauna of Dowel Cave. Peakland Archaeological Society Newsletter 17: 9-12 & 23.
Bramwell, D. (1977) Archaeology and palaeontology. In Ford, T.D. (ed) Limestones and Caves of the Peak District. Geo Books, Norwich, pp. 263-295.
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.
Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1989) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 9. Archaeometry 31: 207-234.
Marsden, B.M. (1977) The Burial Mounds of Derbyshire. Privately printed.
Yalden, D.W. (1986) Neolithic bats from Dowel Cave, Derbyshire. Journal of Zoology 210: 616-619.
Article Author Graham Mullan