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Dafar Ridge Cave
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Dafar Ridge Cave (The Bone Cave/Darfur Ridge/Darfar Ridge) (Cave / Rock Shelter) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 1 image, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
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Also known as:
The Bone Cave
Darfur Ridge
Darfar Ridge
Nearest Town:
Leek (12km W)
OS Ref (GB):
SK098559 /
Sheet: 119
Latitude:
53° 5' 59.39" N
Longitude:
1° 51' 13.03" W
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Excavated by Thomas and Moore in 1962 the cave contained a disarticulated Neolithic burial along with a leaf-shaped arrowhead, a microlith, a thumb scraper and animal bones. The cave also contained later Romano-British artefacts.
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