Merlewood Cave
Also known as Windermere Wood Cave
Excavation
H.S. Cowper, 1892.
Curation
?
Burials
MNI: 1 (adult).
Finds
: Romano-British pottery and metal artefacts, Saxon artefacts, cutmarked animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Unknown | Stratigraphical context of human remains indeterminate |
14C
-
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD47NW 5 |
| Sites and Monument Record | C 2449 |
| Northern Caves Index | 2102 |
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.
Cowper, H.S. (1892) A bone cave near Grange-over-Sands. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society 10: 206-208.
Cowper, H.S. (1892) Notes on a bone cave near Grange-over-Sands. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 12: 277-279.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Underground in Furness. Dalesman, Clapham.
Jackson, J.W. (1909/10) Notes on the bone-caves of Grange and district. The Lancashire Naturalist 2: 45-46, 85-90.
Metcalf, D.M. (1960) Some finds of medieval coins from Scotland and the north of England. British Numismatic Journal 30: 88-123.
Article Author Graham Mullan