<< Our Photo Pages >> Dog Holes - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Lancashire
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Dog HolesCountry: England County: Lancashire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Lancaster Nearest Village: Warton
Map Ref: SD48337303
Latitude: 54.150479N Longitude: 2.792595W
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 |
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| 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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The Dog Holes are entered via a shaft in the limestone pavement which leads to a passage and chambers; there appear to be a number of points in a fissure aprox. 15m long by which the entrance can be accessed, but I did not cross the fence to take a closer look.
Dog Holes has been inhabited over a considerable period of time. Exploration by JW Jackson in 1909-13 recovered quantities of human and animal bones, the former regarded as mainly Neolithic but some possibly later, Neolithic finds included Beaker pottery. The Roman period yielded potsherds, an intaglio brooch, a balance, iron knives, iron slag lumps and whetstones, whilst a hammer stone, bone pins, a bone piercer and a weaving comb are regarded as of Iron Age origin. Bolton museum holds part of a stone axe apparently found on a ledge in the cave along with a chert flake plus human and animal bones.
Access to the site is very easy, however the caves are situated on private land so permission should be sought, and I have no idea who the landowner is. At the time of my visit I entered the area by the only gate which doesn’t have a private sign or lead to a house or farm, so I was actually at the caves before realizing that they were on private property :-)
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