CAVE BURIAL

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

Selside


Excavation

T. Lord, 1936.

Curation

T.C. Lord, private collection.

Burials

MNI: 1 (adult)

Finds

none (polished stone axe not associated with burial)

Dates

PeriodReliability
UnknownNo reliable dating information available

14C

-

Horton in Ribblesdale

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SD 785 745

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External References

National Monuments RecordSD77SE 11
Sites and Monument RecordYD 3699

Bibliography

Gilks, J.A. & Lord, T.C. (1985) A Late Neolithic crevice burial from Selside, Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 57: 1-5.

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