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Calling Low Dale

Cave / Rock Shelter

<b>Calling Low Dale</b>Posted by stubobImage © stubob
Also known as:
  • Church Dale

Nearest Town:Bakewell (5km NE)
OS Ref (GB):   SK183654 / Sheet: 119
Latitude:53° 11' 6.04" N
Longitude:   1° 43' 34.02" W

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<b>Calling Low Dale</b>Posted by stubob

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This rock shelter is located just over half a mile away from Bee Low in the secluded Calling Low Dale (previously Callenge). Access to the dale is pretty straightforward through Bee Low Wood although I'm not sure about it being an actual 'right of way'. Moving around between the crags is hard going as there is no path.

In the Neolithic it was used as a burial site and two cists were constructed within it, one containing human bones, arrowheads and a Peterborough ware bowl. Colonel Harris who excavated here in 1936-39 also found other burials were outside the cists.

Tricky to locate, as there are several other caves/shelters, it's situated at the southern entrance to the crag sided dale. On the whole it's a little disappointing but hey it's in a spectacular position.
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stubob Posted by stubob
4th March 2008ce

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Pastscapes information on the shelter and its burials.
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10th March 2008ce
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