<< Our Photo Pages >> Carden Park - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Cheshire
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Carden ParkCountry: England County: Cheshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Chester Nearest Village: Clutton
Map Ref: SJ463537 Landranger Map Number: 117
Latitude: 53.077813N Longitude: 2.803052W
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 or Rock Shelter in Cheshire. Carden Park is of the most important Mesolithic sites in Cheshire. Here evidence for temporary occupation as long ago as 14,000 years came to light when flints were discovered in a rabbit burrow in 1985.
These artefacts were the first of this date to be found in situ in Cheshire. In 1996, a joint project between Chester Archaeology and the University of Liverpool was set up to carry out investigations. The flints were found to contain blades and core-trimming flakes of later Mesolithic type, but most interestingly, they came from a mound of soil in front of a rock overhang which had been modified to form a small cave. During excavations almost 10,000 pieces of chert and flint, mostly from the trench in front of the cave mouth, were recovered. The majority of the tools identified from amongst these fragments were dated to between circa 6800BC and 4300BC.
In 1999 even earlier artefacts, made by the first communities to return to Britain after the Ice Age (between 12800BC to 12000BC), were also uncovered indicating that the site had been in use for thousands of years.
For further information see Keith Matthews fantastic website.
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