Kinsey Cave 2005
Kinsey Cave is a Scheduled Ancient Monument near Giggleswick, North Yorkshire situated at 300 metres above sea level. Excavated up to four times before 1925 and extensively in 1925-31, the cave produced palaeological and archaeological evidence including Early Neolithic cutmarked human bone, bear bones and Romano-British cultural material. The 2005 excavation was prompted by the chance find of further human bone revealed by badger digging. It resulted in the discovery of cut-marked infant bones, a bear vertabra and much animal bone. Some of the cut-marked human bone has been dated to c.3900 BC, a time of possible turbulent change between the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. A report is currently in preparation.