Caves
The most occupied caves were:
- Mother Grundy's Parlour, which has produced numerous flint tools and split bones and was occupied until the Mesolithic;
- Robin Hood's Cave, from which was recovered the horse head-engraved bone and also evidence that its occupants were hunting and trapping woolly rhinoceroses and arctic hares;
- The Pin Hole, a prehistoric hyena den and also occupied by Neandertals. Finds include the Pinhole Cave Man, a bone engraved with a human figure, and an ivory pin with etched lines;
- Church Hole, which has more than 80 engravings on its walls and was occupied intermittently until Roman times.
As a result of its unique features, Creswell Crags has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
It is the subject of the BBC Radio 4 documentaries Unearthing Mysteries and Nature. Creswell Crags also featured in the 2005 TV programme Seven Natural Wonders as one of the wonders of the Midlands.
In 2006/7, the B6042 road was rerouted from its former path through the Crags gorge by approximately 150m to the north to minimise traffic impact on the site.
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