Dog Holes Cave
Excavation
J.W. Jackson, 1907 - 1912.
Curation
Lancaster Museum; Bolton Museum; British Museum; Sedgwick Museum Cambridge; Manchester Museum; Natural History Museum, London.
Burials
MNI: 15+
Finds
Group 4 polished axe, Later Neolithic and Beaker pottery, chert scraper, flint flakes, antler pick, Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Neolithic | 14C date obtained on organic material closely associated with a burial, or, undated human remains closely associated with diagnostic prehistoric artifects or other datable material |
14C
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Additional Notes
Probably Late Neolithic.
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD47SE 2 |
| Sites and Monument Record | L 511 |
| Scheduled Ancient Monuments | 11279 |
| Northern Caves Index | 2069 |
Bibliography
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
Branigan, K. & Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.
Gilks, J.A. (2013) Beaker pottery from caves and rock shelters in the karst of North-West England. Transactions of the Hunter Archaeological Society 27: 1-7.
Jackson, J.W. (1909) On the discovery of the remains of lemmings in Dog Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 227-229.
Jackson, J.W. (1909) Preliminary report on the exploration of “Dog Holes” Cave, Warton Crag, near Carnsforth, Lancashire. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 27: 1-32.
Jackson, J.W. (1910) Further report on the explorations at Dog Holes, Warton Crag, Lancashire, with remarks on the contents of two adjacent caves. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 28: 59-81.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) On the mollusca from the “cave earth”, Dog Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 217-222, 233-238, 261-265.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) On the discovery of the remains of lemmings in Dog Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 227-229.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) On the vertebrate fauna found in the cave-earth at Dog Holes, Warton Crag. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 323-332.
Jackson, J.W. (1912) Third report on the excavations at Dog Holes, Warton Crag, Lancashire. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 30: 99-130.
Jackson, J.W. (1915) Dental mutilations in Neolithic human remains. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 49: 72-79.
Penney, S.H. and Wild, T.P. (1982) Roman (twill-weave) textile impression from Dog Holes Cave (Lancs). Contrebis 9: 34.
Article Author Graham Mullan