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as well as a place to inter the dead. Sheltered by the high cliffs on 
the north, and overlooking the valley below to the river Yore, it is an 
excellent situation both for shelter and defence. The graves must 
have been very shallow when first made, as the lowest part of the 
refuse stratum is near the same depth, and we must allow a few 
inches for the accumulation of vegetable soil. 
THE LADY ALGETHA CAVE. 
The Cave is situated about one and a-half miles to the west of 
Leyburn, near the end of the beautiful walk on Leyburn Shawl, in 
the twelve fathom or main limestone, at about 870 feet above sea 
level. The discovery of this cave was almost accidental ; while 
taking a walk with my young friend, Mr. C. E. Dixon, I observed a 
rather large rabbit-hole, and while examining the hole, the ground 
near it seemed to have sunk down a few inches ; in walking over it 
the ground sounded hollow. I next examined the edge of the rocks, 
and found a small fissure ; and about 12 feet below, I found a rabbit- 
hole going horizontally into the face of the rock, and a rotten tree 
stump just in front of the hole, I now felt sure the long looked-for 
cave was discovered ; my impressions I communicated to the Hon. 
W. T. 0. Powlett. We set to work, and soon satisfied ourselves 
that we had discovered a genuine cave, filled up to within 6 inches 
of the roof. While removing the earth from the entrance of the cave 
we found a quantity of charcoal, broken bones, and burnt stones; 
also, a small fragment of Roman Samian pottery, about one foot 
below the surface, and just outside of the cave ; it is evident the 
cave was filled up when this piece of Roman pottery was placed 
there. The whole of the earth has been cleared out for about 20 feet, 
the whole length of this small cave. The entrance is only 4 feet 
4 inches wide, by 4 feet high ; but inside 7^ feet high, and 5 to 7 feet 
in width ; about 10 feet beyond the entrance the roof had broken down, 
thus causing the depression on the surface, near the rabbit-hole that 
first took my attention; the lower part of the cave was filled with 
clay, while the upper part was filled with cave earth and stones ; but 
throughout we found teeth and bones of animals, and charcoal. At 
the bottom of the Cave there is a fissure varying from 7 to 12 inches 
wide, filled with clay ; in the fissin-e we found near tl:e whole jaw 
