Church Hole Cave
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Church Hole Cave is a notable prehistoric limestone cave at Creswell Crags in England, known for its Ice Age rock art and archaeological significance.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pin Hole Cave | 2 |
| Church Hole cave | 1 |
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological site
ⓘ
limestone cave ⓘ prehistoric cave ⓘ |
| access | guided tours ⓘ |
| archaeologicalInvestigationsBegan | 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Upper Paleolithic hunter-gatherers ⓘ |
| containsDepictionsOf |
abstract motifs
ⓘ
animals ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| discoveredAsRockArtSite | 2003 ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | limestone ⓘ |
| hasConservationStatus | protected archaeological site ⓘ |
| hasEpoch |
Ice Age
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Paleolithic ⓘ |
| hasFeature | entrance overlooking Creswell Gorge ⓘ |
| hasFinds |
Palaeolithic stone tools
ⓘ
animal bones ⓘ evidence of human occupation ⓘ |
| hasResearchImportance | study of Ice Age symbolic behaviour in Britain ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
important evidence for Palaeolithic occupation in Britain
ⓘ
one of the northernmost sites of Ice Age rock art in Europe ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ice Age rock art
ⓘ
archaeological significance ⓘ prehistoric engravings ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Derbyshire ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Nottinghamshire border NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Creswell Crags NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Creswell Heritage Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| openToPublic | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Creswell Crags Scheduled Monument complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Creswell Crags Site of Special Scientific Interest NERFINISHED ⓘ Creswell Crags cave system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | East Midlands ⓘ |
| rockArtMaterial | magnesian limestone walls ⓘ |
| rockArtType |
engraved figures
ⓘ
incised lines ⓘ |
| usedDuringPeriod | Late Pleistocene ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Pin Hole Cave
subject surface form:
Creswell Crags
this entity surface form:
Church Hole cave