BONE CAVES

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

North End Pot


Bones

  1. Horse, cow, red deer, pig , human.
  2. Giant Auroch, reindeer, wild pig, dog, human.

Position in Cave

Base of entrance shaft.

Identification

  1. W.T.W. Potts, Department of Biology, Lancaster University. 2. T. Lord

Location of Finds

  1. Unknown.
  2. T. Lord

Additional Notes

Recorded in the incident list forming appendix 2 of Eyre & Frankland (1988) as incident No. 974 18/07/1986: “Human remains found (200 years old!)”

Kingsdale

Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: SD 6830 7653

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References

Anon (1989) Digs and minor discoveries: North End Pot. The Cave (Northern Cave Club Journal) [unnumbered] p 95.

Eyre, J. & Frankland, J. (1988) Race Against Time: A history of the Cave rescue Organisation. Cumbria. Lyon Books.

Morgan, P. (1990) North End Pot (Marble Steps area). Caves and Caving. 49: 26-27.

Wilcocks, J. (1974) Cave explorers and archaeological finds. British Cave Research Association Bulletin. 4: 10.

Article Author Graham Mullan