Creswell Crags Limestone Heritage Area Management Action Plan
Creswell Heritage Trust, Archaeological Research and Consultancy at the University of Sheffield: ARCUS, 2011. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000394. How to cite using this DOI
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Ian
Wall
Creswell Heritage Trust
Creswell Crags Visitor Centre
Crags Road
Welbeck
S80 3LH
UK
Tel: 01909 720378
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- ADS Collection: 1063
- ALSF Project Number: 3246
- DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1000394
- How to cite using this DOI
Overview
The Creswell Crags Limestone Heritage Area Management Action Plan outlines an innovative, integrated archaeological, palaeontological, ecological and access Management Action Plan for the main limestone vales and gorges within the Creswell Crags Limestone Heritage Area (the southern Magnesian Limestone Natural Area).
The Magnesian limestone runs in a narrow belt from Nottingham to the north east of England around Tynemouth. English Nature recognise the section from Nottingham to North Yorkshire as a distinct 'natural area'. The Creswell Crags Limestone Heritage Area and Creswell Limestone Strategy Area cover the southern third of this area.
The area contains several Ice Age archaeological sites of which four are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. They represent a significant proportion of the Scheduled Ancient Monuments of this period in Britain. Archaeological exploration of the area began in the mid nineteenth century and has continued through to the present day.
