NGR: SK 5287 7937
NMR: SK 57 NW 2
SMR: 01097/01
SAM: -
Excavation: G. White, 1969; R. Jenkinson, 1987.
Curation: Creswell Crags Museum.
Burials: MNI: 1
Finds: Chert and flint artefacts, animal bones.
Date: ? Mesolithic (4)
14C: 6433 bp (Q-1116) on charcoal; 6616 bp (Q-1117) on charcoal; 5680 bp (Q-1118) on animal bone.
Bibliography:
Jenkinson, R.D.S. (1978) The Archaeological Caves and Rock Shelters in the Creswell Crags Area. Creswell Crags Visitor Centre Research Report No. 1. Nottinghamshire County Council, Nottingham.
Jenkinson, R.D.S. (1986) Thorpe Common mesolithic rock shelter. Field Guide, Prehistoric Society Summer Conference. Prehistoric Society, Buxton, p.7.
Murray, J. (1989) The sediments from Thorpe Common Rock Shelter. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association 16: 103-106.
Richards, T. (1989) Stone tools and blood residues from Thorpe Common Rock Shelter. Transactions of the British Cave Research Association 16: 106-107.
Switsur, V.R. & West, R.G. (1975) University of Cambridge natural radiocarbon measurements XIII. Radiocarbon 17: 35-51.