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Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183 as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
These caves in Creswell Gorge, Derbyshire, formed in Carboniferous limestone through glacial meltwater erosion during the last Ice Age. Archaeological excavations have revealed some of the earliest evidence of human occupation in Britain, including Palaeolithic artifacts and the remains of a Mesolithic settlement at Pinhole Cave.

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