Lower Attermire Cave
Also known as Horseshoe Cave
Excavation
W.B. Dawkins, 1870s; J. Simpson, 1930; T. Lord, 1931-1950s.
Curation
Leeds City Museum; T.C. Lord.
Burials
MNI: 1 (adult)
Finds
Flint artefacts, Neolithic (Peterborough ware) pottery, IA & RB artefacts, animal bones.
Dates
| Period | Reliability |
|---|---|
| Unknown | No reliable dating information available |
14C
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External References
| National Monuments Record | SD86SW 13 |
| Sites and Monument Record | YD 3822 |
Bibliography
Branigan, K. &: Dearne, M.J. (1991) A Gazetteer of Romano-British Cave Sites and their Finds. Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield.
Cuttriss, S.W. (1897) Notes on the caves of Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society 13: 311-324.
King, A. (1970) Romano-British metalwork from the Settle District of West Yorkshire. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 62: 410-417.
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
Smith, H.E. (1865) The limestone caves of Craven and their ancient inhabitants. Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire 5: 199-230.
Article Author Graham Mullan