BONE CAVES

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

Gaping Gill


Bones

Red deer, black grouse, human fibula mid shaft and possible human rib.

Position in Cave

Main Chamber, top of west slope

Identification

T. Lord/A. Chamberlain.

Location of Finds

Human remains at Sheffield University.

Additional Notes

Radiocarbon date of 4016±51 on deer bone.

Ingleborough

Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SD 751 727

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References

Beck, H.M. (1984) Gaping Gill 150 years of exploration. London. Robert Hale.

Cordingley, J.N. (1999) Those Gaping Gill bones. Craven Pothole Club Record 56: 17.

Cordingley, J.N. (2000) Bones lead to survey in Gaping Gill. Descent 156: 10.

Cordingley, J.N. (2001) Progress with the GG Main Chmber survey. Craven Pothole Club Record 62: 36.

Hogg, A. (2004) Report on Radiocarbon Age Determination for Wk-12429. Craven Pothole Club Record 73: 16.

Murphy, P.J. (2003) The bones of Gaping Gill. Descent 174: 12.

Article Author Graham Mullan