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Stump Cross Caverns

Near Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire

A cave where the bones of wolverines and reindeer were found.

Stump Cross Caverns were discovered by lead miners in 1860. Inside, along with beautiful formations, were the bones of animals from the Ice Age, including wolverines, reindeer and bison.

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When
Found 1860
Where
54.0700, -1.8800
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Open most of the year, high on the moors between Pateley Bridge and Grassington.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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