Tom Bell's Cave
Excavation
1899.
Curation
Skull now lost.
Burials
MNI: 1 (adult).
Finds
Animal bones: rhinoceros skull and hare vertebra.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Unknown | No reliable dating information available |
14C
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External References
| National Monuments Record | SD 92 NE 27 |
Bibliography
Gilks, J.A. (1993) The human skull from Tom Bell’s Cave, Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire and its relative date. Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society 17: 60-62.
Heginbottom, J.A. & Gilks, J.A. (1989) A note on the history and archaeology of Tom Bell’s Cave, Hardcastle Crags. Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society 1-6.
Kendall, H.P. (1902) Tom Bell’s Cave: a Heptonstall legend. Transactions of the Halifax Antiquarian Society.
Article Author Graham Mullan