Capeshead Cave
Excavation
Duke of Devonshire, 1800s; J.P. Morris, 1860s.
Curation
?
Burials
MNI: 1+
Finds
: Pottery (?Bronze Age), animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Bronze Age | Burial associated with non-diagnostic prehistoric artefacts |
14C
-
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD37NW 4 |
| Sites and Monument Record | C 2386 |
| Northern Caves Index | 2064 |
Bibliography
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Barber, H. (1894) Furness and Cartmell Notes. Atkinson, Ulverston.
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
Harrison, P.A. (1974) The caves of North-West Lancashire and South Cumbria. Contrebis: Bulletin of the Lancaster Archaeological Society 2(2): 34-35.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Furness Underground. Dalesman, Clapham.
Jackson, J.W. (1909) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
Morris, J.P. (1867) The bone caves of Cartmel. North Lonsdale Magazine and Lake District Miscellany 1: 166-172.
Article Author Graham Mullan