BONE CAVES

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

Skeleton Pot


Bones

dog skeleton.

Position in Cave

On a shelf below an aven near end of main rift.

Identification

?

Location of Finds

?

Additional Notes

Pieces of a “curious leather muzzle or harness” present. Entry in Allshorn & Swire (2017) confirms presence and positon of skeleton.

Vale of Eden

Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

NGR: NY 735 298

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References

Allshorn, S. & Swire, P. (2017) Northern Caves Three Counties and the North West. Leeds. High Mead Publishing.

Wood, M. (1986) Stake Beck Head Caves. The Gritstone Club Journal New Series 6: 91-92.

Article Author Graham Mullan