Shuttleworth Pot, Leck, North Yorkshire


NGR: SD 6621 7978

NMR: -

SMR: -

NCI: 2584

Excavation: 2010.

Curation: ?

Burials: MNI: 1

Finds: Animal bones.

Date: Early Bronze Age (1)

14C: 2200 – 2026 BC (calibrated radiocarbon date on human bone).

Bibliography:

Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves. The Three Counties System and the North West. High Mead, Leeds.

Council of Northern Caving Clubs (2012) Witches Cave and Shuttleworth Pot. A Cave Conservation Plan. Council of Northern Caving Clubs with Natural England.

Lord, T. & Howard, J. (2013) Cave archaeology. In Waltham, T. & Lowe, D. (eds) Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales. BCRA, pp. 239-251.

Monk, P. (ed.) 2011. Shuttleworth Pot into Witches Cave II. Council of Northern Caving Clubs.

Thorp, J.A. 2012. An archaeological review of the Three Counties System, including recent excavations. Yorkshire Geological Society Circular 572: 10.

Wood, K., Ramsey, D. & Bendall, R. 2011. Deep under Leck Fell: the dig into Shuttleworth Pot. Descent 218: 21-24.

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