Creswell Crags is a picturesque gorge which was used in a designed landscape, enhanced with an artificial lake, in the Dukeries, an area of competing coal and steel magnates who were elevated to Dukes due to their wealth and patronage.
The crags were formed in a collapsed cave system, and formed a refuge for Ice Age peoples. Pinhole Cave was being excavated whebn I was at nearby Sheffield University and Rogan Jenkinson (the excavator and director of the visitors centre) kindly showed us around. Subsequently, they've discovered Palaeolithic rock art.The caves provide a refuge now for cave spiders (only a few) and bats.
This free guided bus tour is a great opportunity to explore this fascinating area and see see where the 1980s excavation took place
FREE guided bus tour of local sites of interest in the Magnesian Limestone area - Roche Abbey, a walk through Anston Stones to Dead Man’s Cave, and Pin Hole Cave at Creswell Crags - with Derbyshire historian John Charlesworth.
Booking is essential please contact the museum on 01909 720378 |
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| Stuff found in Pinhole Cave |
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