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| HER Number: | MDV123607 |
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| Name: | Cavern near Anstey's Cove, Saint Marychurch Torquay |
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Summary
Cavern at Anstey's Cove, Torquay, in the cliffs forming the northern boundary with associated finds
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 936 649 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX96SW |
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| Admin Area | Torbay |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | ST.MARYCHURCH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAVE (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 500000 BC to 409 AD (Between))
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Pengelly, W., 1873, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.61-64 (Article in Serial). SDV362613.
A Cavern was located within the cliffs forming the northern boundary of Anstey's Cove and explored by Father John MacEnery in 1828. The bones of horse, hyena, bear, deer, fox and sheep were found, together with ashes and charcoal; also a Roman coin, pot fragments, flints and a brass dagger sheath.
Neither the location of the cavern or that of the finds made are known. But the 'northern cliffs' have been assumed to be those further off than Anstey's Cove itself; the grid reference puts it closer to the site of Comfort's quarry (MTO49286).
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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| SDV362613 | Article in Serial: Pengelly, W.. 1873. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 6. p.61-64. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV15244 | Related to: CAVE in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7864 - Cave Exploration by J MacEnery - 1828
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 6:27PM |
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