"Bones believed to be those of the first settlers in Eleuthera were excavated over the past few weeks, it was revealed yesterday..."

http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/314189380292370.php

musta been a slow news day, tho ... these first two digs were done over a year ago, and part III starts shortly:

www.briland.com/http://briland.com/PreachersCave.htm

Isnt that against some law to tamper with a grave?
:uh:

Is that what they are going to do to us, when we die?
Dig us up, and say this is a find?
:realmad:

the cave isn't a grave site, though ... it's part of network of underground and a above ground caves throughout the island. preachers cave has been a remote off-the-beaten track tourist attraction and archaeological site of interest for years, and pretty much abandoned by local and central government for decades until the recent creation of the north eleuthera historical society by marvin pinder, jock morgan, jane day and others.

the original adventurers were shipwrecked there in the 1640s, and lived in the cave for several years as they spread out and colonized the island of eleuthera. there's a fascinating altar that they built into the stalagmites of the cave itself, complete with a working bell. it's still there. and the cave is in remarkably good shape considered that it had been pretty much to left on its own for the past 300+ years.

the cave isn't a grave site, though ... it's part of network of underground and a above ground caves throughout the island. preachers cave has been a remote off-the-beaten track tourist attraction and archaeological site of interest for years, and pretty much abandoned by local and central government for decades until the recent creation of the north eleuthera historical society by marvin pinder, jock morgan, jane day and others.
the original adventurers were shipwrecked there in the 1640s, and lived in the cave for several years as they spread out and colonized the island of eleuthera. there's a fascinating altar that they built into the stalagmites of the cave itself, complete with a working bell. it's still there. and the cave is in remarkably good shape considered that it had been pretty much to left on its own for the past 300+ years.


Bones were found here a while back by the aforementioned persons. Hopefully we can raise funding to help preserve these types of historical places in the family islands.

the cave isn't a grave site, though ... it's part of network of underground and a above ground caves throughout the island. preachers cave has been a remote off-the-beaten track tourist attraction and archaeological site of interest for years, and pretty much abandoned by local and central government for decades until the recent creation of the north eleuthera historical society by marvin pinder, jock morgan, jane day and others.
the original adventurers were shipwrecked there in the 1640s, and lived in the cave for several years as they spread out and colonized the island of eleuthera. there's a fascinating altar that they built into the stalagmites of the cave itself, complete with a working bell. it's still there. and the cave is in remarkably good shape considered that it had been pretty much to left on its own for the past 300+ years.

When I go to Briland again I am going to make it a point to go to Preachers cave. I have driven my boat past it many times.

what about the treasure?