The Sevenways Cave is shown, located in the Peak District National Park
I have always fantasized about a cave being my home but for the ancients the cave was more than a home. They were the sites of their ritual activities as well as sites for burials. They did not take there dwelling place for granted, they searched far and wide for the perfect locale.
They preferred caves with larger entrances, deep passages, ones perched higher up, facing east or west and with flat areas out front.
The recently released three-year-long survey of approximately 230 caves in the Yorkshire Dales and 190 caves in the northern England Peak District determined that people there from 4,000 to 2,000 B.C. selected caves based on at least five criteria.
Thor’s Cave, located in the Peak District National Park
Sometimes caves were even like roadside motels, where both human and animal travelers would stop in for a night or two of rest before hitting the road again. These cave studies from the archaeological point of view can become a source of vast knowledge in the future.
Source: Discovery
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