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Natural PlacesSite Name: Creswell Crags Alternative Name: Creswell Crags Museum and Visitor Centre, Creswell Heritage Trust; a National Centre for the Ice AgeCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Mansfield Nearest Village: Welbeck
Map Ref: SK535743
Latitude: 53.263009N Longitude: 1.199399W
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 |
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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 |
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PAB whese001 Davidrogersbooks would like to visit
Orcinus visited on 1st Jan 1987 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 I was part of the Manpower Services Scheme employed here in 1987-88. I excavated in Pin Hole Cave (1cm spits)
Andy B: would like to visit Featured as part of BBC's History of Ancient Britain with Neil Oliver
SandyG DrewParsons MartinRS have visited here
The valley was carved out of limestone by a small river. So numerous crags, mostly small and narrow caves were cut through. The gorge is about 500m long and the gorge floor is occupied by a large lake. It is possible to visit all the caves known as Robin Hood's cave, Church Hole, Grundy's Parlour or Pin Hole. The oldest remains in Creswell Crags are 45,000 years old Neandertal stone tools.
A particular site of interest is Church Hole Cave, which contains Palaeolithic cave art, the only example of this in the UK. This cave is now open to the public but pre-booking is advised as they get very busy.
View our news stories about this discovery.
More details at the official web site of the Creswell Crags Museum and Visitor Centre.
See more about the various caves in our Nearby Sites list below and in particular Church Hole Cave.
Note: The biggest concentration of protective 'witch' marks ever found in British caves has been discovered at Creswell Crags in the East Midlands. More details in the comments on our page.
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100m E 91° Mother Grundy’s Parlour Cave or Rock Shelter (SK536743)
141m SW 226° Robin Hood’s Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK534742)
282m SW 226° Ossiferous Fissure Cave or Rock Shelter (SK533741)
282m SW 226° Pin Hole Cave Cave or Rock Shelter (SK533741)
360m WSW 237° Church Hole* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK532741)
2.6km WNW 291° Markland Grips Hillfort* Hillfort (SK511752)
2.6km WNW 288° Markland Grips Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK510751)
2.7km NW 313° Ash Tree Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK5148576144)
3.2km SW 228° Whaley Rock Shelter2 Cave or Rock Shelter (SK511721)
3.3km SW 218° Whaley Rock Shelter1 Cave or Rock Shelter (SK515717)
5.1km SSW 200° Langwith Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK518695)
5.1km N 354° Thorpe Common Shelter Cave or Rock Shelter (SK529794)
6.1km SSW 206° Scarcliffe Shelter 4 Cave or Rock Shelter (SK509688)
6.6km SSW 209° Scarcliffe Shelter 2 Cave or Rock Shelter (SK504685)
6.6km SSW 209° Scarcliffe Shelter 3 Cave or Rock Shelter (SK504685)
6.8km SSW 211° Scarcliffe Shelter 1 Cave or Rock Shelter (SK501684)
8.3km S 177° Sookholme Bath* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK5466)
8.8km SE 134° Thynghowe* Artificial Mound (SK59936834)
9.3km N 356° Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK5276283530)
9.3km ESE 112° Budby Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (SK62187087)
10.4km NNE 21° St Mary's Well (Wallingwells) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK572840)
12.8km S 175° The Lady Well (Mansfield) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK548616)
15.6km NW 307° Birley Spa Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK40908361)
17.7km S 170° Friar Tuck's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK568569)
18.4km SSW 210° Blackwell Cross* Ancient Cross (SK443583)
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