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Natural PlacesSite Name: Dead Man's Cave/Anston Stones Wood Alternative Name: Anston Stones GorgeCountry: England County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: North Anston
Map Ref: SK5276283530
Latitude: 53.346041N Longitude: 1.20893W
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 |
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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
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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