Monument record 334/1 - Bloody Bones Cave, Raw Head

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

Caves at Rawhead described in Cheshire Folklore as "Bloody Bones Caves, the haunt of Brigands"

<2> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Turner R C (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

There is a cave cut or eroded into the rock at the top of Raw Head, and close to the sandstone trail. The opening is c.5m diameter and it descends steeply for up to 12m. Formed in a vein of soft, coarse, buff sandstone, within the red sandstone. May be natural feature but locals suggest it was quarried for the special qualities of its stone

<3> 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 these caves are Bloody Bones Caves and the Queens Parlour caves are at a different location (see CHER334/2). Description (2) is assumed to relate to the Rawhead caves.

<4> Sandstone Ridge Trust, 2017, The Ridge: Rocks and Springs - A Sandstone Legacy (Monograph). SCH8381.

<5> Sandstone Ridge Trust, 2016, Ridge, Rocks and Springs Stage One Survey (Digital Archive). SCH8436.