CAVE BURIAL

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

Lady Algetha Cave


Excavation

W. Horne & W.T.O. Powlett, 1880s.

Curation

Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes.

Burials

MNI: 1 (adult)

Finds

Bronze Age pottery; RB pottery; animal bones.

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Wensley

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SE 0902 9113

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External References

National Monuments RecordSE09SE 7
Sites and Monument RecordNY 15679

Bibliography

Brook, A. et al. (1988) Northern Caves, Volume 1: Wharfedale and the North-East. Dalesman, Skipton.

Elgee, F. & Elgee, H.W. (1933) Archaeology of Yorkshire.

Horne, W. (1885) On prehistoric remains recently discovered in Wensleydale. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society 9: 175-179.

Leach, S. (2006) Going Underground: an Anthropological and Taphonomic Study of Human Skeletal Remains from Caves and Rock Shelters in Yorkshire. PhD thesis, University of Winchester

Article Author Graham Mullan