<< Our Photo Pages >> Cove Hole - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Yorkshire (North)
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Cove Hole Alternative Name: Fairy Cave, Tom Lee's CaveCountry: England County: Yorkshire (North) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Grassington
Map Ref: SD99896499
Latitude: 54.080830N Longitude: 2.003174W
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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A walk through cave in the scar with good views out over Grassington and a 'back door' out onto the pasture.
The cave was excavated in the 1930s and the remains of one person, possible Iron Age in date, were found but it's not known who did the digging, nor where the remains now are.
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