Thor's Fissure Cavern
Excavation
G.H. Wilson, 1927-1935.
Curation
Buxton Museum.
Burials
MNI: 6 (4 adults, 2 juveniles).
Finds
Upper Palaeolithic flints, polished stone axe, Late Neolithic, Iron Age and Romano-British pottery, amber beads, bronze artefacts, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Unknown | No reliable dating information available |
14C
14C: 20,100bp (BM-1807) on animal bone
External References
| Derbyshire Cave Registry | 736 |
| National Monuments Record | SK 05 NE 30 |
| Sites and Monument Record | 01959, 05221-3, 40245 |
Bibliography
Bramwell, D. (1950) Cave dwellers and dens of late Pleistocene animals. Transactions of the Cave Research Group of Great Britain 1 (4): 47-52.
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.
Burleigh, R., Ambers, J. & Matthews, K. (1983) British Museum natural radiocarbon measurements XVI. Radiocarbon 25 (1): 39-58.
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 Unpublished MSc dissertation, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield.
Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust (1993) Manifold Valley, Staffordshire, Cave Survey. Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust and RCHME.
Wilson, G.H. (1937) Cave work in the Manifold Valley. Caves and Caving 1 (2): 61-69.
Article Author Graham Mullan