CAVE BURIAL

Gazetteer of Caves, Fissures and Rock Shelters in Britain Containing Human Remains

Dunald Mill Hole


Excavation

D. Arthurs, 2014.

Curation

?

Burials

MNI: 1 (juvenile).

Finds

-

Dates

PeriodReliability
Roman14C date obtained directly on human remains

14C

1900bp (SUERC-52518) on human bone.

Nether Kellet

Lancashire

North West

NGR: SD 5158 6763

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External References

Northern Caves Index2069

Bibliography

Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.

Cameron, J., Arthurs, D., Cornhill, S., Morris, J. and Peterson, R. (2019) Human remains from Dunald Mill Hole, Nether Kellet, Lancashire, UK. Cave and Karst Science 46 (2): 69-73.

Ashmead, P. (1965) Dunald Mill Hole. The Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club Journal 3: 11-14.

Smith, J.P. (1890) Paper on Dunald Mill Hole, read before the Barrow Naturalists’ Field Club, 1889. Furness Lore: Transactions of the Barrow Naturalists’ Field Club.

Stevens, G. (1963) Dunald Mill Hole. Oxford University Caving Club Proceedings 2.

Walsh, A. (2016) Dunald Mill Hole. The Red Rose Cave and Pothole Club Journal 11: 121-125.

West, A. (1796) A description of Dunald-Mill-Hole. Addenda Article V, in T. West: A Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire. 6th edition. London: Richardson and Kendal: Pennington.

Article Author Graham Mullan