Wetton Mill Rock Shelter
Also known as Nan Tor Cave
Excavation
Phoenix Old Mine and Cave Research Society, 1962; J.H. Kelly, 1970s.
Curation
Stoke on Trent Museum; Buxton Museum.
Burials
MNI: 9 (2 adults, 7 juveniles).
Finds
Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age flint and bone tools; Neolithic and Bronze Age pottery; Romano-British artefacts; Medieval and Post-Medieval pottery; animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
| Bronze Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
8847 bp (Q-1127) on animal bone from Mesolithic levels.
Additional Notes
Neolithic or Bronze Age.
External References
| Derbyshire Cave Registry | 703 |
| National Monuments Record | SK 05 NE 23 |
| Sites and Monument Record | 02654, 05256-9 |
Bibliography
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield
Green, H.S. (1980) The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles. B.A.R. British Series 75. B.A.R., Oxford.
Kelly, J.H. (1976) The Excavation of Wetton Mill Rock Shelter, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire. Stoke-on-Trent Museum Archaeological Society Report No. 9.
Longworth, I.H. (1984) Collared Urns of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge..
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 Unpublished MSc dissertation, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield.
Switsur, V.R. (1974) Radiocarbon dating the Mesolithic deposits at Wetton Mill Rock Shelter. Stoke on Trent Museum Archaeological Society Report No. 8.
Switsur, V.R. and West, R.G. (1975) University of Cambridge natural radiocarbon measurements XIII. Radiocarbon 17 (1): 35-51.
Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust (1993) Manifold Valley, Staffordshire, Cave Survey. Trent and Peak Archaeological Trust and RCHME.
Article Author Graham Mullan