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<< Our Photo Pages >> Markland Grips Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Derbyshire

Submitted by Trust5629 on Sunday, 18 May 2003  Page Views: 17130

Natural PlacesSite Name: Markland Grips Cave
Country: England County: Derbyshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter

Map Ref: SK510751  Landranger Map Number: 120
Latitude: 53.270445N  Longitude: 1.236747W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Markland Grips Cave
Markland Grips Cave submitted by trust5629 : The first of three rock shelters to be found in Markland Grips. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Markland Grip is joined at its lower end by Hollinhill Grip. (A 'Grip' is a local term for a small valley bounded by cliffs). The valleys, cliffs and rock shelters/caves were all formed from the meltwater action of the last receding glaciers.

The three caves/rock shelters shown here were excavated by Leslie Armstrong (See Markland Grip). One of the sites is known as The Sepulchral Cave or Bone Cave because the remains of several people were found behind limestone walls. (Carbon dating shows the remains were deposited during the early Neolithic.) These valleys are also SSSI and are managed by The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
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Markland Grips Cave
Markland Grips Cave submitted by trust5629 : The final cave/rock shelter in the Markland Grips. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Markland Grips Cave
Markland Grips Cave submitted by trust5629 : The second in a series of three caves / rockshelters in Markland Grips. It is not known which of the three is The Sepulchral Cave or Bone Cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SK5175 : Magnesian Limestone Boulder by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
©2012(licence)
SK5175 : The Archaeological Way in Markland Grips by Jonathan Clitheroe
by Jonathan Clitheroe
©2012(licence)
SK5074 : Old railway bridge by Chris Morgan
by Chris Morgan
©2013(licence)
SK5175 : Footpath near Upper Mill Farm by John Slater
by John Slater
©2013(licence)
SK5074 : Scrubland at Markland Grips by Graham Hogg
by Graham Hogg
©2013(licence)

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Re: Markland Grips Cave by Trust5629 on Friday, 14 March 2008
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Condition:4
Ambience:4
Access:3
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Re: Markland Grips Cave by Trust5629 on Friday, 14 March 2008
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Markland Grip is joined at its lower end by Hollinhill Grip.(A 'Grip' is a local term for a small valley bounded by cliffs.)The valleys,cliffs and rock shelters/caves were all formed from the meltwater action of the last receding glaciers.The three caves/rock shelters shown here were excavated by Leslie Armstrong (See Markland Grip).One of the sites is known as The Sepulchral Cave or Bone Cave because the remains of several people were found behind limestone walls.(Carbon dating shows the remains were deposited during the early Neolithic.)
These valleys are also SSSI and are managed by The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.
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Re: Markland Grips Cave by Anonymous on Thursday, 03 August 2006
If you want to know more about this cave and most of the other caves/shelters on this page (and some that aren't e.g. Pleasley Vale caves), then have a look at the Creswell Crags website, which has an interactive map with pictures and write ups. It's nice to know I'm not the only person interested in this kind of thing!
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    Re: Markland Grips Cave by Trust5629 on Wednesday, 19 March 2008
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    I have a good 7 1/2 mile circular walk of the Pleasley Vale (Medan Valley) and intend to open up a thread on this area.I particulaly enjoy this area because of the industrial archaeology thats evident i.e the 'dark satanic mills' ,usually associated with the cotton mills of Yorkshire,and ,of course,this is another SSSI within the Creswell Heritage Area.I assume the caves you mention are those exposed when the railway line was driven through the Magnesium Limestone above the mills and are now well protected by steel doors etc.(I understand that these are now the home to a colony of bats.)Further caves/rock shelters were exposed when the owner of the mills built a house,which I assume to be the burnt out structure, behind the mills.I can only find one general reference to these caves/rockshelters.This subject needs more investigation.I have,of course,used the Creswell Crags website on many occasions but I'm unhappy that the gorge is privately owned but, at least,there is no charge (yet) to wander around the gorge.A new interpretation center is currently being built and one has to applaud the efforts being made to raise awareness of the area and the effort made by the owner in the stewardship of the gorge.Finally,please see my posts on the Burnhill and Markland Grips all within a 'spit' of Creswell.(You can park at the visitor center and walk to them!).Finally,another 'gem' is the Roche Abbey Vale which has the same Magnesium Limestone buttress's but ,so far,I've been unable to find the cave/rock shelter in the valley.I intend to start a thread on this valley with 'photos in the near future.
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