<< Our Photo Pages >> Edlington Woods - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Yorkshire (South)
Submitted by dagadd on Thursday, 05 February 2015 Page Views: 11710
Natural PlacesSite Name: Edlington WoodsCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.956 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Doncaster Nearest Village: Edlington
Map Ref: SK548988
Latitude: 53.483075N Longitude: 1.175672W
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
Rock Shelters in Yorkshire (South)
The site is a series of rock shelters in Edlington Woods. This was a settlement in Upper Paleolithic times for groups of nomadic humans as they moved northwards, following the retreat of the last Ice Age.
The area was excavated in 2003 and a number of flint tools were found. They would have used the rock shelters as a base for hunting in the then treeless tundra.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
3.4km WNW 286° Cadeby Henge Henge (SK515997)
3.6km W 271° St Peter's Minster (Conisbrough)* Sculptured Stone (SK512988)
3.6km W 271° St Francis's Well (Conisborough) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK51179881)
3.8km NNW 327° Scabba Wood Rock Shelter Cave or Rock Shelter (SE527020)
5.2km NE 37° Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery* Museum (SE579030)
13.0km NNW 339° Little John's Well (Hampole)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE4988810873)
13.3km NNW 348° Robin Hood's Well (Burghwallis)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SE51901175)
14.5km W 259° Roman Ridge (Rotherham)* Misc. Earthwork (SK40499598)
15.0km S 171° St Mary's Well (Wallingwells) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK572840)
15.4km S 188° Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK5276283530)
15.7km WSW 257° Scholes Wood* Hillfort (SK395952)
16.0km NNE 32° Bransdale Ridge BS1* Marker Stone (SE6318012415)
16.2km NW 317° South Kirby Camp* Hillfort (SE435105)
16.6km NW 313° Ringstone Hill (Brierley) Stone Circle (SE42571005)
17.9km ENE 63° Hatfield Moor* Ancient Trackway (SE7060407233)
18.0km W 262° St. Helen's Well (Thorpe Hesley) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK370960)
18.7km WSW 246° Wincobank* Vitrified Fort (SK378910)
19.5km S 186° Thorpe Common Shelter Cave or Rock Shelter (SK529794)
19.7km WSW 240° Darnall Common* Modern Stone Circle etc (SK378887)
20.0km WSW 257° Ecclesfield* Ancient Cross (SK353941)
20.6km SW 223° Birley Spa Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK40908361)
21.5km W 264° Robin Hood Well (Yorkshire South)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SK334964)
21.6km WNW 287° Worsborough Common Hillfort (SE340050)
22.9km S 189° Ash Tree Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (SK5148576144)
23.6km W 281° Stainborough Castle* Hillfort (SE315030)
View more nearby sites and additional images