Place:


Victoria Cave  West Riding

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Victoria Cave like this:

Victoria Cave, 2 miles N. of Settle, N. div. West-Riding Yorkshire, in the face of the cliff, 900 ft. above the Ribble; large deposits of bones of elephant, hyfna, bear, rhinoceros, &c., with bronze and bone implements, coins, and pottery, have been found in this cave, which was discovered in 1837.

Additional information about this locality is available for Langcliffe

Victoria Cave through time

Victoria Cave is now part of Craven district. Click here for graphs and data of how Craven has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Victoria Cave itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Victoria Cave, in Craven and West Riding | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25523

Date accessed: 23rd May 2024


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