The local landscape

Creswell Crags lies within a limestone landscape of outstanding cultural significance. The gorge at Creswell is not an isolated site, many more gorges with caves and rockshelters are known in the area. Some of these sites have also been excavated and revealed further ice age remains.

Anston Stones Gorge

Anston Stones is a large cliff sided valley on the outskirts of North Anston village, South Yorkshire. High up on the south facing cliff is Dead Man's Cave.

Ash Tree Gorge

Leslie Armstrong and Arthur Court excavated at the cave at various times between 1938 and 1957. Stanley West and Derrick Riley worked here from 1959 to 1960 and Charles McBurney in 1960

Markland and Hollinghill Grips

The "Grips", as they are known locally, are a network of valleys bounded by cliffs near to the village of Clowne in Derbyshire. In the cliff sides are several fissures and small caves.

Elmton and Whaley Valley

Stretching down from the hamlet of Elmton, Derbyshire, is a broad valley which runs past the village of Whaley and on to Nether Langwith.

Langwith Valley

North of the tiny hamlet of Langwith is Langwith Valley. On the south facing valley slope is Langwith Basset Cave.

Roche Abbey Vale

The small rockshelter, known as Stone Mill Shelter in Roche Abbey Vale, was excavated by Rotherham Archaeological Society.

Bondhay Valley

Along this valley are two sites, Lob Wells and Thorpe Common Rockshelter. George Gwynne-Griffiths (then George White) excavated both of these sites during the 1960s

Steetley Quarry

Two important caves have been found during quarrying at Steetley just to the west of Worksop.

Pleasley Vale

Pleasley Vale, dominated by 19th century cotton mills, has two sites that have produced animal bones.

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