Rawthey Cave
Excavation
A. Goddard & P. Murphy, 1996; A. Chamberlain, 1997.
Curation
A. Goddard; A. Chamberlain.
Burials
MNI: 2+
Finds
Animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Bronze Age | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
| Roman | 14C date obtained directly on human remains |
14C
3167 bp (AA-22519); 1865 bp (OxA-7450) on human bone.
External References
| National Monuments Record | SD79NW 39 |
| Sites and Monument Record | C 16076; YD 1849 |
| Northern Caves Index | 1889 |
Bibliography
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
Chamberlain, A.T. et al. (1998) The archaeology of Rawthey Cave, Sedbergh, Cumbria. Archaeology North 14: 11-20.
Goddard, A. (1998) Into the Wolf Den. Descent 142: 20-23.
Hedges, R.E.M. et al. (1998) Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 26. Archaeometry 40 (2): 437-455.
Murphy, P. (1996) Rawthey Cave. Cave and Karst Science 23 (3): 126.
Article Author Graham Mullan