BONE CAVES

A Gazetteer of Vertabrate Remains From Caves in the Yorkshire Dales Referenced In Caving Club Journals and Allied Literature

Antler Hole


Bones

Red Deer antlers and skull.

Position in Cave

Below first pitch.

Identification

T. Lord.

Location of Finds

?

Additional Notes

Ottoway (1974) refers to finding “parts of an antler of Red Deer and a vertebra and some bits and pieces of limb” in an unnamed cave on Fountains Fell. This is believed to be Antler Hole.

Fountains Fell

Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SD 846 700

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References

Holden, W. (1959) Antler Hole. Journal of the Northern Pennine Club 2 (2): 11-14.

Ottoway, C. (1974) Dem Bones. University of Leeds Speleological Association Review 12: 49-50.

Article Author Graham Mullan