Database compiled and produced by
Andrew T. Chamberlain, and Jim Williams Department of Archaeology and Prehistory,
University of Sheffield, Northgate House, Sheffield, S1 4ET.
Most recent changes incorporated in June 2001.
When referencing this article, please use the following convention:
Chamberlain, A.T. & Williams, J.P. 2001 A Gazetteer of English Caves, Fissures and Rock
Shelters Containing Human Remains. Revised version June 2001. Capra 1 available at - http://capra.group.shef.ac.uk/1/caves.html
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Site: Albert Cave (Kings Scar Cave), Settle, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 8379 6508
NMR: SD 86 NW 8
SMR: SD 86 NW 8
Excavation: 1870-74
Curation: British Museum, London; Buxton Museum; Keighley Museum; T.C. Lord
MNI: 1
Finds:: Flint scraper, Romano-British artefacts, animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Antofts Windypit, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 5823 8296
NMR:SE 58 SE 30
SMR: -
Excavation: R.H. Hayes, 1955
Curation: Scarborough Museum
MNI: 3+
Finds: AOC, PFB & PTC Beakers; flint knife and scraper; animal bones
Date: Late Neolithic (2)
14C: 3750 bp (BM-62) on hearth charcoal
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Site: Ashberry Windypits, near Helmsley, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 5709 8501
NMR: SE 58 NE 13
SMR: -
Excavation: 1955-
Curation: Scarborough Museum
MNI: 1
Finds: AOC and PTC Beakers; flint artefacts; Romano-British artefacts
Date: Late Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Attermire Cave, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 842 642
NMR: SD 86 SW 13
SMR: -
Excavation: W.B. Dawkins, 1870s; T. Lord, 1921-26
Curation: Leeds City Museum; T.C. Lord
MNI: 1 (adult)
Finds: Flint artefacts, Neolithic (Peterborough ware) pottery, IA & RB artefacts, animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Buckland's Windypit, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 588 828
NMR: SE 58 SE 31
SMR: -
Excavation: A. Pacitto & R.H. Hayes, 1956-58, 1960
Curation: Scarborough Museum
MNI: 7+
Finds: AOC Beaker pottery, flint artefacts, animal bones
Date: Late Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Cave Ha (Cave Hole), Settle, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 7890 6624
NMR: SD 76 NE 6
SMR: SD 76 NE 6
Excavation: T.M. Hughes et al., 1870s; J. Tobin, 1954-55
Curation: Craven Museum, Skipton; T.C. Lord
MNI: 2+
Finds: Flint flakes; chert scrapers; stone bead; pottery; animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: ?3900 bp on charcoal (unpublished)
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Site: Chapel Cave , Malham, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 881 672
NMR: SD 86 NE 141
SMR: -
Excavation: R. Donahue, 1996-98
Curation: University of Bradford
MNI: 3 (2 adult, 1 child)
Finds: Mesolithic and Neolithic stone tools; RB pottery and artefacts
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Conistone, Grassington, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 984 676
NMR: SD 96 NE 65
SMR: -
Excavation: D. Robinson & L. Huff, 1957
Curation: Skipton Museum
MNI: 3 (2 adults, 1 child)
Finds: Animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Cove Hole, (Fairy Hole; Tom Lee's Cave), Grassington, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 9986 6498
NMR: SD 96 SE 25
SMR: SD 96 SE 25
Excavation: ?
Curation: ?
MNI: 1+
Finds: -
Date: ?Iron Age (5)
14C: -
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Site: Dowkerbottom Cave, Hawkswick, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 9517 6890
NMR: SD 96 NE 1
SMR: SD 96 NE 1
SAM: N Yorks 296
Excavation: Jackson, 1850s; H. Denny, 1858; J. Farrer, 1863; Poulton, 1881
Curation: British Museum, London; Craven Museum, Skipton; Leeds City Museum
Burials: 3+ (2 adults, 1 child)
Finds: Pottery, flint artefacts, RB artefacts, animal bones
Date: ?Neolithic (3)
14C: -
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Site: Elbolton Cave (Knave Knoll Hole), Grassington, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 008 616
NMR: SE 06 SW 8
SMR: -
Excavation: E. Jones, 1888-91. A. Raistrick & M. Kitson-Clark, 1920
Curation: Craven Museum, Skipton; Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley
Burials: 11+
Finds: Early Neolithic, Late Neolithic (Peterborough ware) and EBA pottery, bone pins, animal bones
Date: Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: Fox Holes Cave, Clapdale, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 7566 7747
NMR: SD 77 SE 5
SMR: SD 77 SE 5
Excavation: 1913-1914
Curation: ?
MNI: 2+
Finds: Neolithic pottery, leaf-shaped and barbed and tanged arrowheads, flint and chert flakes, bone pins, animal bones
Date: Neolithic or BA (4)
14C: -
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Site: Gaping Gill, Clapham, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 751 727
NMR: SD 77 SE 51
SMR: -
Excavation:B. Varley, 1999
Curation: ?
MNI: 1+
Finds: -
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Greater Kelcoe Cave, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 8101 6465
NMR: SD 86 SW 2
SMR: SD 86 SW 2
Excavation:J. Hartley, 1846; J. Jackson, 1850; Settle Naturalist & Antiquarian Society, 1928-37
Curation: Craven Museum, Skipton; British Museum, London; T.C. Lord
MNI: 1+
Finds: Peterborough Ware; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Jubilee Cave (Tratman's Cave), Langcliffe, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 8376 6551
NMR: SD 86 NW 5
SMR: SD 86 NW 5
SAM: N Yo 324, 13247
Excavation: T. Lord & T.L. Frankland, 1935-1938
Curation: T.C. Lord; Department of Geology, University of Leicester
MNI: 10+
Finds: Mesolithic flints; Peterborough Ware, IA and RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Iron Age (4)
14C: -
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Site: King Alfrid's Cave, Ebberston, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 8982 8328
NMR: SE 88 SE 6
SMR: -
Excavation: W.H. Lamplough & J.R. Lidster, 1950-1
Curation: Batley Museum; Doncaster Museum; Scarborough Museum
MNI: 7+ (5 adults, 2 children)
Finds: Grimston Ware pottery; flint artefacts; antler; RB artefacts; post-medieval pottery; animal bones
Date: Early Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Kinsey Cave, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 8040 6569
NMR: SD 86 NW 4
SMR: SD 86 NW 4
SAM: N Yorks 330
Excavation: Jackson & Mattison, 1925-1932
Curation: ?
MNI: 1+
Finds: UP flint and chert artefacts; BA artefacts; RB artefacts; worked antler; animal bones
Date: Unknown (4)
14C: 11270 bp (OxA-2456) on antler
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Site: Lady Algetha Cave, Wensley, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 0902 9113
NMR: SE 09 SE 7
SMR: -
Excavation: W. Horne & W.T.O. Powlett
Curation: Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes
MNI: 1 (adult)
Finds: Prehistoric pottery; RB pottery; animal bones.
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Lesser Kelcoe Cave, Giggleswick, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 810 647
NMR: SD 86 SW 2
SMR: SD 86 SW 2
Excavation: J.W. Jackson, 1928-1932
Curation: T.C. Lord; Craven Museum, Skipton; Buxton Museum; Department of Geology, University of Leicester
MNI: 5 (adults)
Finds: Peterborough Ware, polished stone axe, flint artefacts; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: North End Pot, Ingleton, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 6830 7653
NMR: SD 67 NE 43
SMR: -
Excavation: R. Marsden & Earby Potholing Club, 1985-8
Curation: T.C. Lord
MNI: 2+
Finds: Animal bones, Neolithic antler macehead
Date: ? Neolithic (4) and Late Iron Age (1)
14C: 2260 bp (HAR-8056) on human bone
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Site: Potts Beck Sink No. 2, Litton, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 903 749
NMR: SD 97 SW 69
SMR: -
Excavation: Earby Pothole Club, 1968
Curation: ?University of Leeds
MNI: 1 (adult)
Finds: -
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Raven Scar Cave, Ingleton, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 7292 7566
NMR: SD 77 NW 15
SMR: SD 77 NW 15
Excavation: B. Danson et al., 1973-1985
Curation: T.C. Lord, private collection
MNI: 6 (3 adults, 3 children)
Finds: Upper Palaeolithic blade, Late Neolithic, Beaker and Collared Urn pottery, amber bead, flint flakes, flint knife, animal bones
Date: Late Neolithic or Bronze Age (2)
14C: -
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Site: Scoska Cave (Gildersbank Cave), Arncliffe, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 9151 7242
NMR: SD 97 SW 4
SMR: -
Excavation: H. Brodrick, C.A. Hill & J.B. Barnes, 1905-06
Curation: ?
MNI: 1+ (adult)
Finds: -
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Selside, Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 780 741 approx
NMR: SD 77 SE 11
SMR: -
Excavation: Tot Lord, 1936
Curation: T.C. Lord, private collection
MNI: 1 adult
Finds: Polished stone axe (? Group VI)
Date: Later Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Sewell's Cave, Settle, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 7847 6658
NMR: SD 76 NE 5
SMR: SD 76 NE 5
Excavation: T. Lord, 1932-1935
Curation: ?Craven Museum (D.3077); T.C. Lord
MNI: 6+ (4 adults, 2 children)
Finds: Peterborough and AOC Beaker pottery; broken leaf-shaped arrowhead; RB artefacts; animal bones
Date: Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Slip Gill ('Snip Gill') Windypit, Helmsley, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 5770 8372
NMR: SE 58 SE 24
SMR: -
Excavation: E.P. Fitton, 1949; A. Pacitto, 1956; R.G. Cooper, 1981
Curation: Scarborough Museum
MNI: 2+
Finds: Handled Beaker
Date: Late Neolithic (2)
14C: -
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Site: Stainforth, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 7986 6724
NMR: SD 76 NE 8
SMR: -
Excavation: C. 1935/6
Curation: ?
MNI: 5
Finds: Iron knives
Date: ?Iron Age (3)
14C: -
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Site: Thaw Head Cave, Ingleton, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 7105 7590
NMR: SD 77 NW 91
SMR: -
Excavation: J. Thorp, 1986-87
Curation: T.C. Lord
MNI: 3+ (2 adults, 1 child)
Finds: Grooved ware Beaker & later Bronze Age pottery; flint knife & scraper; bronze pin; animal bones
Date: Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (2)
14C: -
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Site: Thistle Hill Quarries, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
NGR: SE 351 560
NMR: SE 35 NE 9
SMR: -
Excavation: 1851
Curation: ?
MNI: 7
Finds: Animal bones
Date: Unknown (5)
14C: -
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Site: Victoria Cave, Settle, North Yorkshire
NGR: SD 8384 6505
NMR: SD 86 NW 6
SMR: 13246
Excavation: J. Jackson, 1840-1860; Settle Cave Exploration Committee, 1870-1878; T. Lord, 1937-39.
Curation: British Museum, London; Leeds City Museum; T.C. Lord private collection
MNI: 1
Finds: Flint flakes; Bronze Age pottery; bone harpoon; antler rod; Romano-British artefacts; animal bones
Date: unknown (4)
14C: -
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