Eldon Hole, Peak Forest Derbyshire


NGR: SK 11612 80896

NMR: -

SMR: 11671

SAM: -

DCR: 51

Excavation: M Richardson & M. Wright, 2015-17.

Curation: -

Burials: MNI: 2+ (1 adult, 1 juvenile).

Finds: : Animal bones.

Date: Unknown (5)

14C: -

Bibliography:

Atkinson, F. (1949) Eldon Hole. BSA Cave Science 1 8: 322-323.

Chamberlain, A. (2021) Human and animal bones from Eldon Hole. The Derbyshire Caver 155: 12.

Kinsman, J. & Westlake, C.D. (1965) Eldon Hole, Peak Forest. BSA Cave Science 5 38: 298-303.

Lloyd, J. & King, E. (1771) An account of Elden Hole in Derbyshire. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 61: 250-265.

Pennington, R. (1877) Notes on the barrows and bone-caves of Derbyshire with an account of a descent into Elden Hole. London, Macmillan.

Shaw, T.R. (1965) Eldon Hole. A hitherto unknown account of a descent about 1600. BSA Cave Science 5 37: 250-252.

Ullathorne, A. (2003) Perrydale Farm, Peak Forest, Derbyshire. Archaeological survey. Unpublished report.

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