Chapter III: Historic Caves in Britain

Definition of Historic Period 74

Wild Animals in Britain during the Historic Period 75-77

Animals living under the care of Man 77

Classificatory Value of Historic Animals 78-81

The Victoria Cave, Settle, Yorkshire--History of Discovery 81-85

The Romano-Celtic or Brit-Welsh Stratum 86-88

Bones of the Animals 88-90

Miscellaneous Articles 90-92

The Coins 93

The Jewellery, and its relation to Irish Art 94-101

Similar remains in other Caves in Yorkshire 101

Caves used as places of Refuge 102

The evidence of History as to Date 103-111

Britain under the Romans 103-105

The inroads of the Picts and Scots 105

The English Conquest 107

The Neolithic Stratum 111-115

Approximate Date of the Neolithic Occupation 115

The Grey Clays 116-118

The Pleistocene Occupation by Hyænas 118-121

Probable Pre-glacial Age of the Pleistocene Stratum 121-125

The Kirkhead Cave 125

Poole’s Cavern, Buxton 126

Thor’s Cave, near Ashbourne 127-129

Historic Value of Brit-Welsh group of Caves 129

Principal Animals and Articles in Brit-Welsh Caves 130-132

The Use of Horse-flesh 132

Cave of Longberry Bank, Pembrokeshire 133

CHAPTER IV.

CAVES USED IN THE AGES OF IRON AND BRONZE.

Difference between Historic and Prehistoric Time 134-136

The Prehistoric Fauna 136-138

Archæological Classification 138-140

Caves of the Iron Age 140

Caves of the Bronze Age in Britain 141-145

The Caves of the Césareda in Portugal probably occupied by
Cannibals 145-147

Cave of Reggio in Modena 148

CHAPTER V.

CAVES OF THE NEOLITHIC AGE.

Neolithic Caves in Great Britain--Perthi-Chwareu 149-156

Rhosdigre 156-158

Neolithic Caves in the neighbourhood of Cefn, St. Asaph 159-161

Chambered Tomb near Cefn 161-164

Correlation of Chambered Tomb with the Caves of Perthi-Chwareu
and Cefn 164

Contents of Caves and Tombs, tabulated 165-166

Description of Human Remains by Professor Busk 166-187

General conclusions as to Human Remains 197-188