
From on Parkhouse hill, and it’s sister Chrome hill looks down on the archaeology rich caves of Etches and Dowel, which are among the trees by the farm far right.
From on Parkhouse hill, and it’s sister Chrome hill looks down on the archaeology rich caves of Etches and Dowel, which are among the trees by the farm far right.
There’s two X’s in this picture the one on the left is Etches cave the one on the right is Dowel cave
There’s two X’s in this picture the one on the left is Etches cave the one on the right is Dowel cave
I don’t know exactly how far the Leek moors are, but at a guess at least five miles away, surely this cave cant go that far.
That will do Eric , no further.
Etches cave goes on for ever, honest, this was as far as I dared go with two eleven year olds.
Eric exits the cave, the mouth of which has been purposely confined.
Cave is on the left, can you see it.
the cave is just left of centre, below left of bushes
i stumbled upon this cave whilst hunting for dowel cave ,the small gate came off in my hands ... (honestly!)so i risked a little visit despite warnings on the gate ,inside was a sign pointing on into the cave towards staffordshire moorlands ,perhaps it links up with Dowel cave and a massive underworld as both seem to go on for ever .by the time i got home i had forgotten its name and the nearest i could remember was eskin cave but now i can see it was etches cave (close but no cigar)SORRY
Explored between 1958-1963.
Finds included three pieces of worked flint, sherds of a Bronze Age collared urn, some sherds described as earlier in date, two worked antler fragments in association with some animal bones, a range of faunal remains including bear, reindeer, hare and cat, and a bone point of possible Upper Palaeolithic date.