<< Our Photo Pages >> Heights Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Heights Cave Alternative Name: Calf Hole, Elland Cave, Skythorns CaveCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Grassington
Map Ref: SD96446460
Latitude: 54.077312N Longitude: 2.055902W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cave in North Yorkshire.
A nice cave with a prominent entrance split by a supporting rock column forming two arches.
It's got a great view across the valley and is in a lovely position. The cave was excavated in 1893 and a composite tool was found of a reindeer antler with a boar's tusk insert - this has been given a Mesolithic date. At a lower level were found bison, reindeer and bear bones. The wall was built by the excavators but sort of adds to the site. Please ask permission before visiting from Bell Bank (the farm lower down the lane)
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