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Submitted by trust5629 on Tuesday, 11 March 2008  Page Views: 29358

Natural PlacesSite Name: Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood Alternative Name: Anston Stones Gorge
Country: England County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: North Anston
Map Ref: SK5276283530
Latitude: 53.346041N  Longitude: 1.20893W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Thisisme123 visited on 10th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Visited with 2 young children. Found easily following the directions given on this site and also enjoyed playing in the beck and back at the playground by the Parish Hall afterwards. The children were inspired by visiting the site and enjoyed reading from Horrible Histories Savage Stoneage afterwards.

derbyswlo visited on 30th May 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Graffiti on cave walls lots of litter and signs of there having been a fire in the cave - appears to be a fun site for locals

SheenaRomahn visited on 5th Apr 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 1 Conditions were great and the temperature was mild. Me and the paranormal group I am PA to, were doing a ghost hunt there with some amazing results :)

Majick123 visited on 17th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Beautiful wood, with a lovely brook running through it.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.75 Access: 2.75

Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood
Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood submitted by trust5629 : The entrance to Dead Man's cave the most well known rock shelter in the Anston Gorge. (Note that this area has many un-excavated fissures and rock shelters which give the area its own special interest and atmosphere.) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave or Rock Shelter in Yorkshire (South)

Anston Gorge is designated a SSSI and with good cause.It is one of the finest examples of the gorges within the Creswell Limestone Heritage Area.The landscape is dominated by Magnesium Limestone cliffs and the general area supports distictive types of rare plants and animals and ancient woodlands.The limestone was used in the rebuilding work at the Houses of Parliament after the fire in 1834.

Dead Man's cave is reached from Anston Parish Hall car park by following the well marked path to the gorge and by taking the higher path at the fork.The path leads to a mini gorge with rock shelters and fissures which have not been excavated.Just before the path descends and to the right there is a right fork which will bring you to the edge of the limestone cliff.To the left is a path which leads down to the cave/rock shelter.

Dead Man's cave was excavated in the 1960's and archaeologists found flint stone tools used by hunters 12,000 years ago. Bones from Ice Age animals such reindeer and hyena were also found.

For more information see Historic England List ID 1013468 (Dead Man's Cave, Anston).
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Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood
Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood submitted by derbyswlo : Showing graffiti on cave walls (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood
Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood submitted by Thisisme123 : Entrance to Dead Man's Cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SK5283 : Honeycomb weathering on Magnesian Limestone by Michael Cooper
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SK5283 : Anston Stones top path by Robin Stonebridge
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SK5283 : Anston Stones Wood by JThomas
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Re: Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood by Sunny100 on Saturday, 06 April 2019
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[also added HE link. thanks! admin] Up-dated grid reference for this site, thanks. Hope it's nearer now? This is the grid ref according to Historic England.
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Re: Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood by NeanderthalGene on Saturday, 06 April 2019
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The location given on the map is inaccurate. Actual location 53.3459, -1.2091. Good map from Historic England at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1013468

However, the written instructions DO take you there pretty easily, so all is not lost.

Atmospheric once inside - take a head torch. Also care with the cave spiders - they are one of the few poisonous species in the UK.

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Re: Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood by Anonymous on Monday, 28 August 2017
Would like to see the caves excavated.to see wat pops up.
Very nice place to visir
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Re: Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood by derbyswlo on Friday, 30 May 2014
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GPS location
W 1.20892063 N 53.34602764
OS grid SK 52762 83530
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