NGR: SK 13170 58401
NMR: SK 15 NW 37
SMR: 7024
SAM: -
DCR: 440
Excavation: G.H. Wilson, pre-1925; L.S. Palmer, 1925.
Curation: Buxton Museum.
Burials: MNI: 11 (4 adults, 7 juveniles).
Finds: Iron Age and Romano-British artefacts, animal bones.
Date: : Romano-British (1)
14C: 1765 bp (OxA-34199), 1786 bp (OxA-34200) on human bone.
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.
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Holmes, F.A. (1928) Frank-i'-th'-Rocks Cave, Beresford Dale, Dovedale, Derbyshire in Hill, G.H. Borough of Buxton Museum Guide [Buxton; Buxton Museum.]
Palmer, L.S. & Lee, L.S. (1926) Frank-i'-th'-Rocks Cave and other northern caves in relation to the ice ages. Proceedings of the University of Bristol Speleological Society 2 (3): 244-260.
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