Kents Bank Cavern
Excavation
C. Salisbury & D. Sheppard, 1992-4; D. Coward, 2001.
Curation
Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness.
Burials
MNI: 3 (2 adults, 1 juvenile).
Finds
?Mesolithic flint flakes, cutmarked animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Mesolithic | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
9100 bp (SUERC-35295/GU-24408) on human bone.
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD37NE 76 |
| Sites and Monument Record | C 5464 |
| Northern Caves Index | 2098 |
Bibliography
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
Salisbury, C.R. (1997) The prehistoric occupation of Blenkett Wood near Allithwaite. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 97: 1-10.
Smith, I.R. (2012) Kirkhead Cavern, Kent’s Bank Cavern and Whitton’s Cave near Allithwaite – geology, sediments and archaeology. In O’Regan, H.J. et al. (eds) Cave Archaeology and Karst Geomorphology of North West England. Quaternary Research Association, London, pp. 98-102.
Smith, I.R., Wilkinson, D.M. &: O’Regan, H.J. (2013) New Lateglacial fauna and early Mesolithic human remains from northern England. Journal of Quaternary Science 28: 542-544.
Article Author Graham Mullan