148 KIRKBY AND BRADY ON REMAINS FOUND IN A 



accompanying plates will convey an excellent idea of this fine 

 skull. 



Plate XIII is a profile view, half the size of the original, and has been 

 minutely finished in all its details. 



Plate XIV gives four different views of the skull, quarter size, and partially 

 shaded. 



XIV. — On Human and other Remains found in a Cavern near 

 the Ryhope Colliery. By James W. Kirkby and George S. 

 Brady. 



At the last Field Meeting of the Club at Marsden (October, 

 1865), a discussion took place relative to the occurrence of osse- 

 ous remains in a cave near the Ryhope Colliery ; and a committee* 

 was appointed to enquire into the facts of the discovery, and to 

 watch the further progress of the excavations. After visiting 

 the cavern several times and carefully examining the remains 

 that have been preserved, we present the following short report — 

 not so much on account of any great scientific value attached 

 to the remains, as for the purpose of recording the nature of 

 the discovery and the circumstances under which it took place. 



The cave is situated on the north side of what was once a very 

 picturesque glen, directly opposite to, and not fifty yards distant 

 from, the Ryhope Pit. This portion of the valley is called Holli- 

 carr Sides, though it virtually forms the eastern termination of a 

 larger waterless valley named Tunstall Hope. Prior to the sink- 

 ing of the pit the sides of the glen would be nearly fifty feet 

 high ; but that height has been greatly reduced by the depo- 

 sition of ballast in the vicinity of the pit; and as the mouth 

 of the cave is at present on a level with the surface of the ballast 

 heap, its position originally must have been about half way up 



* Dr. Emblcton. the Rev. W. Greenwell, Messrs. E. C. Robson, G. S. Brady, and J. W. 

 Kirkby. 



