NGR: SD 2776 7219
NMR: SD27SE 50
SMR: C 2352
NCI: 2058
Excavation: R. Stables & W.G. Atkinson, 1925; D.Stables, 1992.
Curation: Barrow Museum.
Burials: MNI: 6+ (5 adults, 1 juvenile).
Finds: : Flint implements, pottery, worked bone, cutmarked human bone, iron implement, mollusc shells, animal bones.
Date: ? Neolithic, Bronze Age or Iron Age (4)
14C: -
Bibliography:
Atkinson, W.G. (1926) Report on the exploration of Bonfire Scar Cave and Dobson Cave, near Scales in Furness. Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological and Antiquarian Society 27: 110-116.
Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.
Holland, E.G. (1967) Furness Underground. Dalesman, Clapham.