Cave Hunting Researches on the evidence of caves respecting the early inhabitants of Europe
CHAPTER VIII.
THE PLEISTOCENE CAVES OF GERMANY AND GREAT BRITAIN.
Relation of Pleistocene to Prehistoric Period 264
Magnitude of Interval 265
Animals 265, 266
Physical Changes--Excavation and filling up of Valleys 267-272
Fisherton, near Salisbury 267
Freshford, near Bath 269
Comparison of Deposits in Valleys with those in Caves 272
Difference of Mineral Condition 273
Pleistocene Caves of Germany--Gailenreuth 273-276
Kühloch 276-278
Pleistocene Caves of Great Britain 278
” ” Yorkshire--Kirkdale 279-284
” ” Derbyshire--Dream Cave 284, 285
” ” North Wales, near St. Asaph 286, 287
Caves of South Wales in Glamorgan and Carmarthen 288
” Pembrokeshire 289
” Monmouth 290
” Gloucestershire and Somersetshire 291
” the Mendip Hills--Hutton 292
Banwell 293
Uphill 294
Hyæna Den, Wookey Hole 295-314
The district of the Mendip higher in Pleistocene Age than now 314
The condition of Bones gnawed by Hyænas 314-317
The Caves of Devonshire--Oreston 317, 318
Caves at Brixham 319-324
Kent’s Hole 324-330
Probable Age of the Machairodus in Kent’s Hole 330-335
Caves of Ireland--Shandon 335