Monument record 334/2 - Queen's Parlour Cave, Bickerton

<1> Cheshire County Council, 1982, Guide to the Sandstone Trail, p.11 (Book). SCH1327.

Spectacular Sandstone cave, the Queens Parlour, located just under the cliff top. Probably excavated for its fine sand prized in the past for scouring cottage floor.

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Watson, M (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

Record CHER334 originally recorded the caves at Rawhead under the name Queens Parlour, Rawhead. Following resarch by the Sandstone Ridge Trust it has been established that the rawhead caves are Bloody Bones Caves (see CHER334/1) and the Queens Parlour caves are at this localtion.

<3> Sandstone Ridge Trust, 2017, The Ridge: Rocks and Springs - A Sandstone Legacy (Monograph). SCH8381.

Referred to as Bloody Bones Cave in this book,

<4> Sandstone Ridge Trust, 2016, Ridge, Rocks and Springs Stage One Survey (Digital Archive). SCH8436.

<5> Sandstone Ridge Trust, 2016, The Sandstone Ridge Trust. Interim Report: Bolesworth Estate Cave, nr Harthill (Report). SCH9444.

Report of volunteer trial trenching at a this cane ( Queens Parlour) in 2016. Iron spade and a single worked piece of chert found. Evidence of sandworking identified in sand depositis and working marks in the bedrock.