BONE CAVES

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

Craftsman's Hole

Also known as Craftsman's Pot


Bones

Wild horse tooth (Equus ferus).

Position in Cave

Alcove above the first pitch.

Identification

A Currant, Natural History Museum.

Location of Finds

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Additional Notes

Referred to as Craftsman’s pot in Brook et al. (1994) and the account of the original explorers (Davidson, 1989). The size and morphology of the tooth suggested a possible Pleistocene Age.

West Kingsdale

Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SD 702 788

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References

Brook, D., Griffiths, J., Long, M.H. & Ryder, P.f. (1994) Northern Caves Volume 3 The Three Counties and the North West. Skipton. Dalesman.

Davison, C. (1989) Craftsman’s Pot. The Caver (Northern Cave Club Journal) [unnumbered] 36-39.

Roberts, C. (1989) Craftsman’s Hole, Kingsdale: A palaeontological find. Caves and Caving 43: 24.

Article Author Graham Mullan