NAR SS19NW1

Excavations in 1877-8 and 1958, produced Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age & early medieval material, including mammoth and rhinoceros remains (Mc Burney 1959, 268-9; Alcock 1960); for more recent investigations see Aldhouse Green 1996).
A 5th-8th century AD settlement, which also produced a limited amount of Romano-British material, has been excavated on the summit of Longbury Bank, above the cave (Campbell & Lane 1993): it is to be assumed that the mammoth remains at least pre-date the early medieval material.

See Nprn304237 for Hoyles Mouth Cave nearby.

Sources: Mc Burney 1959 (PPS 25), 260-9;
Alcock 1960 (BBCS 18), 77-8;
Campbell & Lane 1993 (Med. Arch. 37), 15-77;
Aldhouse-Green 1996 (AW 36), 70-1.

J.Wiles 15.11.04