Dog Hole Cave

Dog Hole
Dog Hole
	Haverbrack Bank Pot
	The cave entrance in January 2010
	Showing location of Dog Hole in Cumbria
Location	Storth, Cumbria, England
OS grid	SD 4826 8019
Coordinates	54°12′54″N 2°47′39″W
Depth	12 metres (39 ft)[1]
Length	6 metres (20 ft)[2]
Elevation	60 metres (200 ft)[1]
Geology	Carboniferous limestone[3]
Entrances	1
Difficulty	II [1]

Dog Hole Cave is an archaeologically significant cave near Storth, Cumbria, England.[4] Other names for the cave include Haverbrack Bank Pot,[5] Haverbrack Dog Hole,[2] Fairy Cave,[5] The Dog Hole[5] and Doghole Cave.[6] It consists of a largely excavated 12 metres (39 ft) shaft formed in Carboniferous limestone with 6 metres (20 ft) of steeply dipping phreatic tube at the bottom.[2][3]

It was originally excavated by J. W. ("Wilfred") Jackson in 1912; by local scouts in the 1950s; and by researchers from Liverpool John Moores University in 2003 and more recently. Jackson found domestic animal bones (dogs, pigs) some of which are in the Natural History Museum, and the scouts also found human bones.[4][6] The cave was gated in the 1980s to protect the archaeology, but inspection in 2003 showed that this had been destroyed.[6]

Radio carbon dating of the deposits have provided dates ranging from Romano-British to Early Medieval.[6]

References

Brook, Dave (1994). Northern Caves Volume 3. The Three Counties System and the North West. Skipton: Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd. p. 271. ISBN 1855680831.
Newton, Jim (November 2005). "Haverbrack Dog Hole". Red Rose Caving and Pothole Club Newsletter. 42 (2). Retrieved 16 October 2011.
"Morecambe Bay Natural Area profile" (PDF). Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
Wilkinson, David M.; Hannah J. O'Regan; Tom Clare (2005). "A tale of two caves: the history of archaeological exploration at Haverbrack and Helsfell in southern Cumbria" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
"The Dog Hole". Geograph. Retrieved 16 October 2011., quoting "Underground in Furness, Eric G. Holland 1967"
O'Regan, Hannah (2009). "Doghole Cave, Haverbrack". Liverpool John Moores University, Fossil Mammal Research Group. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

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[nc-1] Brook, Dave (1994). Northern Caves Volume 3. The Three Counties System and the North West. Skipton: Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd. p. 271. ISBN 1855680831.

[RRCPC-2] Newton, Jim (November 2005). "Haverbrack Dog Hole". Red Rose Caving and Pothole Club Newsletter. 42 (2). Retrieved 16 October 2011.

[NatEng-3] "Morecambe Bay Natural Area profile" (PDF). Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

[two-4] Wilkinson, David M.; Hannah J. O'Regan; Tom Clare (2005). "A tale of two caves: the history of archaeological exploration at Haverbrack and Helsfell in southern Cumbria" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 August 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2011.

[geograph-5] "The Dog Hole". Geograph. Retrieved 16 October 2011., quoting "Underground in Furness, Eric G. Holland 1967"

[LJMU-6] O'Regan, Hannah (2009). "Doghole Cave, Haverbrack". Liverpool John Moores University, Fossil Mammal Research Group. Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 16 October 2011.