Remains of
this kind have been met with in the Albert and Kelko caves in the
neighbourhood, in that of Dowkerbottom near Arncliffe, in that of
Kirkhead on the northern shore of Morecambe Bay, in Poole's Cavern near
Buxton, and in Thor's Cave near Ashbourne, and over a wide area ranging
from Yorkshire and the Lake district southwards into Somerset and Devon.
_List of Principal Animals and Objects found in Brit-Welsh
Strata in Caves._
Thor's Cave.----------------------+
Poole's Cavern.------------------+ |
Kirkhead.--------------+ | |
Dowkerbottom.----------+ | | |
Kelko.------+ | | | |
Victoria.--+ | | | | |
| | | | | |
+---------------------------------------+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+-|-+
| Animals. | v | v | v | v | v | v |
+---------------------------------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+
|DOMESTIC-- | | | | | | |
| _Canis familiaris_. Dog | X | X | X | X | X | ? |
| _Sus scrofa_. Pig | X | X | X | X | X | ? |
| _Equus caballus_. Horse | X | X | X | X | X | ? |
| _Bos longifrons_. Celtic short-horn | X | X | X | X | X | ? |
| _Capra hircus_. Goat | X | X | X | X | X | ? |
| | | | | | | |
|WILD-- | | | | | | |
| _Canis vulpes_. Fox | X | | X | X | X | ? |
| _Meles taxus_. Badger | X | | X | | | X |
| _Cervus elaphus_. Stag | X | | X | X | X | ? |
| _Cervus capreolus_. Roe | X | | X | X | | ? |
| | | | | | | |
| Roman coins, or imitations | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Enamelled ornaments, in bronze | X | X | X | X | | |
| Bronze ornaments, inlaid with silver | X | X | X | | X | |
| Iron articles | X | X | X | | X | X |
| Samian ware | X | | X | | X | X |
| Black ware | X | X | X | | X | X |
| Bone spoon fibulae | X | X | X | |
|