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Creswell Gorge is a limestone valley in Nottinghamshire containing multiple caves and rock shelters of considerable Palaeolithic and Mesolithic significance. Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour, and Robin Hood's Cave are among the principal cavities, which have yielded evidence of human occupation spanning the Upper Palaeolithic period through to the Mesolithic. Excavations at these sites, particularly in the early twentieth century, produced finds including worked flint tools, bone implements, and faunal remains that demonstrate sustained use of the gorge by hunter-gatherer communities during the Late Glacial and early post-glacial periods. The caves preserve stratigraphic sequences documenting environmental change and human adaptation across several millennia of prehistoric settlement in the East Midlands.
Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183 is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003770. View the official record →
Creswell Gorge is a limestone valley in Nottinghamshire containing multiple caves and rock shelters of considerable Palaeolithic and Mesolithic significance. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003770.
Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183 is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1003770.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave See also DERBYSHIRE 275 (0.1 km), Bowl barrow, 240m SSE of Woodend Farm (2.6 km), Markland Grips promontory fort (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183 stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.