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Creswll Crags Visitor Centre-Mother Grundys parlour

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G UK > England > Derbyshire > Bolsover District > Creswell

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Mother Grundy's Parlour was a significant site immediately following the Ice Age in the Mesolithic period. Radiocarbon dates from charred hazel nut shells and burnt wild cattle bone suggests a camp sometime between 8000 and 6000 years ago when the Crags were presumably used as a winter site. Excavation also uncovered large quantities of animal remains including further evidence for the presence of hippopotamus and narrow-nosed rhinoceros at Creswell Crags, living in the area between 130,000 and 110,000 years ago. Lists also record the presence of bears, hyaenas, foxes and bison in the Creswell Gorge at this time. In 2003, research into rock art in Mother Grundy's Parlour did find very small traces of engraved lines within the passage leading from the cave chamber.

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