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Marked only on the 1915 ed. of the OS 25-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as a 'Cave' and situated on a slight rise in a gently undulating landscape. It was described c. 1910 as a passage with drystone-built walls and a lintelled roof (OS Name Books). Excavation (94E0058) in advance of a cemetery extension revealed an underground lintelled chamber (dims 8.5m N-S; c. 2.5m E-W) with some lintels in place, which is connected at N to the W end of a second lintelled chamber (dims 7m E-W; 2.5m N-S) which may have had the original entrance at its SE corner. Both chambers were filled with earth and were not emptied. A furnace bottom and some slag was found at the Man-made underground passage entrance, suggesting that iron-working was conducted in the vicinity, but there was no evidence of an associated enclosure. The Man-made underground passage is excluded from the cemetery. (Lavelle 1994; 1995)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revised upload: 6 November 2018
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