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Find Spot record MDR2953 - Harborough Cave, Palaeolithic

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Dimensions : L. 9m W. 7m The cave is roughly recangular in shape. The entrance faces S. and is easily accessible. (6) Excavations in 1907 and 1922 yielded 2 retouched flint flake implement plus some supposed bone tools and a posible hammerstone. The material is thought to belong to a temporary Later Upper Palaeolithic occupation. (1)

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  • <1> Index: NDAT. 0461. 0461.
  • <3> Article in serial: Storrs Fox, W. 1909. 'Harborough Cave, near Brassington, description of the excavations', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Volume 31. p89-96.
  • <4> Article in serial: Smith, R. 1909. 'Harborough Cave, near Brassington, description of the finds', Derbyshire Archaeological Journal. Vol. 31.
  • <5> Article in serial: Armstrong, A. 1923. 'Exploration of Harborough Cave, Brassington, 1923', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. Volume 53. 402-16.
  • <6> Index: OS. SK 25 NW 6. SK 25 NW 6.

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Civil Parish BRASSINGTON, DERBYSHIRE DALES, DERBYSHIRE

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Jun 19 2009 1:22PM

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