More information : SD 656468 The cave known as Fairy Holes, on New Laund Farm, is a nearly straight passage about 65ft long, 6ft wide and 10ft high at the entrance, finishing in a chamber about 8ft diameter and 12ft high. The platform in front of the cave is from 2 to 6ft wide, the edge dropping away almost perpendicularly for 20ft. Excavations in 1946 revealed Bronze Age potsherds, animal bones, a pebble pounder, a flint flake, a small core, three unidentifiable small pieces of iron and the possible site of a hearth. Two stone walls across the mouth of the cave were found. Plan. (1) SD 65534678. Investigation of cave showed sketch plan by Musson to be substantially correct. The foundations of both walls are visible. No surface finds were made and ground photography was not possible due to the terrain. Another cave, 6.5m to the north, has an entrance with maximum height 1.2m. Penetration was not possible owing to roof fall and flooding. (2) As described by Auths 1 and 2. The cave is located near the top of a steep wooded bluff, formed in a limestone cliff some 10.0m high overlooking the River Hodder. See photograph. Cave mouth surveyed on 1:2500 MSD and AM. (3)
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