344 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE, ETC. 



' Woolly Rhinoceros and Wolf were added to the list of fauna previously 

 recorded for this site. 



' Half a perforated axe-hammer, of hard sandstone, was found in the 

 surface soil, but was unaccompanied by any evidence to establish its date. 



' Boat House Cave. — Since submitting the 1937 report, little progress 

 has been made here, owing to a transference of activities to Whaley, due to 

 the location of a further rock shelter there and the opportunity which arose 

 for its immediate excavation. 



' Work is now proceeding on the removal of the concrete which covers 

 the cave earth in the Boat House Cave, and it is anticipated that this will 

 be completed by the end of July over an area sufficient to permit excavation 

 of the underlying cave deposits during the autumn and winter. 



' Whaley Rock Shelter, No. 2. — This was located by Dr. Arthur Court, 

 in August last, by trial sections which he dug on what appeared to be a 

 most unpromising site. This consists of a talus of limestone rubble and 

 rocks which, on removal, proved to completely mask a cliff at the rear, and 

 appears to have resulted from the collapse of a former over-hang of the cliff 

 which had provided a rock shelter during Pleistocene times. 



' Above the cliff is a small plateau of limestone, sheltered by a rocky 

 slope at the rear, which has apparently been favoured as a camping ground 

 from Neolithic to Roman times. The successive occupiers of the plateau 

 have thrown their camp debris over the adjoining cliff and this material is 

 now found stratified in the talus. 



' A systematic excavation was commenced here in September and is 

 still progressing. The talus has been removed over a length of 20 ft., in 

 successive layers, down to the Pleistocene horizon and the hidden face of 

 the cliff exposed to a height of 12 ft. Except for a trial section, the Pleisto- 

 cene deposit has not yet been excavated. The trial section has established 

 the presence of Upper Palaeolithic artifacts, in association with remains of 

 Reindeer and Hyasna in this level, and its excavation will now be proceeded 

 with. 



' The talus has yielded Neolithic pottery of Peterborough type ; also 

 pottery of Bronze Age ; Bronze-Iron Age overlap period ; Iron Age ; 

 Roman and Romano-British wares ; also artifacts of flint and bone, pot- 

 boilers and animal bones in great abundance and a few human bones, 

 including portions of three mandibles. 



' An exhibition of the whole of the artifacts and a selection of animal 

 remains, obtained in the Pin Hole Cave, was displayed in the Manchester 

 Museum from November 1937 to April 1938, and thanks are extended to 

 Mr. R. U. Sayce, M.A., Keeper of the Museum, for providing the facilities 

 and arranging this exhibition. These exhibits were also included in the 

 exhibition of recent archaeological work at the Institute of Archaeology, 

 Regent's Park, London. 



' A further grant of £25 is earnestly requested by the Committee for the 

 continuation of the work at Creswell Crags and Whaley.' 



