Site Event/Activity record ENT223 - Excavation at Boat House Cave, Holbeck 3

Location

Location
Grid reference SK 53700 74260 (point)
Map sheet SK57SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish Holbeck, Bassetlaw

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Organisation

Unknown

Date

1975

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Description

In 1975 a local caving club undertook fairly large-scale clearance of deposits at the rear of the cave. During this operation, some 20m of deposits were cleared. No artefactual materials appear to have been encountered. (2)

Sources/Archives (2)

  • <1> Unpublished document: Smith K, Little JH & Bishop MW. n.d.. The Prehistoric Heritage of the Creswell Area - a strategy for conservation.
  • <2> Serial: Jenkinson RDS. 1984. Late Pleistocene Sites in the East Midlands, BAR 122. pp 134-5.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • Boat House Cave, Holbeck (Element)

Record last edited

Apr 29 2015 11:36AM

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