Moking Hurth
Also known as Backhouse Cave, Malkins Cave, Teesdale Cave
Excavation
J. Backhouse, 1880; C. Simms, 1967-71.
Curation
Yorkshire Museum, York; Bolton Museum.
Burials
MNI: 1
Finds
Animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Bronze Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
| Iron Age | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
-
Additional Notes
Bronze Age or Iron Age.
External References
| National Monuments Record | NY 83 SE 82 |
| Sites and Monument Record | D466 |
Bibliography
Backhouse, J. (1896) Upper Teesdale, Past and Present. Simpkin, Marshall & Co., London.
Brook, D. et al. (1988) Northern Caves. Volume 1: Wharfedale and the North-East. Dalesman, Clapham.
Coggins, D. (1986) Upper Teesdale: the archaeology of a north Pennine valley. British Archaeological Reports British Series 150. B.A.R., Oxford.
Coult, T. 2015. Notes on the wolf, bear and lynx in Durham and Northumberland. Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumbria 79: 16-28.
Davies, W. (1880) On some bones of the lynx from Teesdale, obtained by Mr James Backhouse of York. Geological Magazine 17: 346-349.
Jackson, J.W. (1962) Archaeology and Palaeontology. In Cullingford, C.H.D. (ed.) British Caving. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, pp. 252-346.
Simms, C. (1974) Cave research at Teesdale Cave 1878-1971. Postglacial fauna from Upper Teesdale. Yorkshire Philosophical Society Annual Report 34-50.
Article Author Graham Mullan