Kirkdale Cave
Kirkdale Cave is a cave and fossil site located in Kirkdale near Kirkbymoorside in the Vale of Pickering, North Yorkshire, England. It was discovered by workmen in 1821, and found to contain fossilized bones of a variety of mammals from the Eemian…
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: St Gregory’s Minster and Village Hall.
St Gregory’s Minster
Church
Village Hall
Community center
The Plough, Wombleton
Pub
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wombleton and Great Edstone.
Great Edstone
Village
Edstone is a civil parish in the county… Great Edstone is situated 2 miles southeast of Kirkdale Cave.
Pockley
Village
Kirkdale Cave
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in North Yorkshire, England
- Category: landform
- Location: Welburn, Ryedale District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.26159° or 54° 15′ 42″ north
Longitude
-0.96009° or 0° 57′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C6X726Q+JX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Swedish—“Kirkdale Cave” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف كيركدال”
- French: “grotte de Kirkdale”
- French: “Grotte de Kirkdale”
- Japanese: “カークデール洞窟”
- Swedish: “Kirkdalegrottan”
- “Kirkdale Cave”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kirkdale Cave SSSI and Kirkdale Viaduct.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Starfits Farm and Kirkdale Cottage.
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