Creswell Crags

Creswell Crags
Andy Mabbett · CC BY 3.0

Creswell Crags is an enclosed limestone gorge on the border between Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, England, near the villages of Creswell and Whitwell.[1] The cliffs contain several caves occupied by Neanderthals and modern humans during the Last Glacial Period, between around 60,000 and 10,000 years ago.[1] The caves contain Upper Palaeolithic cave art, the northernmost cave art in Europe, with other Palaeolithic art objects also found in the caverns.[1]

TypeRock art
Period500 BC - 1 AD
CountryEngland
Coordinates53.2637° N, 1.1939° W

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