Cave Hunting Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe
CHAPTER III.
HISTORIC CAVES IN BRITAIN.
Definition of Historic Period 74
Wild Animals in Britain during the Historic Period 75-77
Animals living under the care of Man 77
Classificatory Value of Historic Animals 78-81
The Victoria Cave, Settle, Yorkshire--History of Discovery 81-85
The Romano-Celtic or Brit-Welsh Stratum 86-88
Bones of the Animals 88-90
Miscellaneous Articles 90-92
The Coins 93
The Jewellery, and its relation to Irish Art 94-101
Similar remains in other Caves in Yorkshire 101
Caves used as places of Refuge 102
The evidence of History as to Date 103-111
Britain under the Romans 103-105
The inroads of the Picts and Scots 105
The English Conquest 107
The Neolithic Stratum 111-115
Approximate Date of the Neolithic Occupation 115
The Grey Clays 116-118
The Pleistocene Occupation by Hyænas 118-121
Probable Pre-glacial Age of the Pleistocene Stratum 121-125
The Kirkhead Cave 125
Poole’s Cavern, Buxton 126
Thor’s Cave, near Ashbourne 127-129
Historic Value of Brit-Welsh group of Caves 129
Principal Animals and Articles in Brit-Welsh Caves 130-132
The Use of Horse-flesh 132
Cave of Longberry Bank, Pembrokeshire 133