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Langwith Basset Cave

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<b>Langwith Basset Cave</b>Posted by stubobImage © Neil Revill
Nearest Town:Bolsover (4km WNW)
OS Ref (GB):   SK518694 / Sheet: 120
Latitude:53° 13' 7.53" N
Longitude:   1° 13' 26.86" W

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<b>Langwith Basset Cave</b>Posted by stubob

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Excavated between 1903 and 1912 by E.H. Mullins andD.A.E. Garrod, the cave is noted for its Later Upper Palaeolithic remains. It also produced Neolithic evidence in the form of a human burial and a small fragment of a childs skull. stubob Posted by stubob
4th April 2009ce