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HER Number: | MDV124157 |
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Name: | Kent's Cavern: Granular Stalgmite |
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Summary
Kent's cavern
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 934 641 |
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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
Other References/Statuses
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAVE (Lower Palaeolithic to Roman - 500000 BC to 409 AD)
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Pengelly, W., 1882, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p. 692-4 (Article in Serial). SDV362696.
In the granular stalagmite there were finds present almost everywhere in the cavern: stones of various kinds; impressions of ferns; shells of cockles and cuttle-fish; bones of bear, mammoth, hyena, rhinoceros, horse, fox and ma; flint flakes and cores - one of the flints had the appearance of a fragment of a polished celt or axe. STO 883 & 902
Pengelly, W., 1884, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.692-4 (Article in Serial). SDV362708.
In the granular stalagmite there were finds present almost everywhere in the cavern: stones of various kinds; impressions of ferns; shells of cockles and cuttle-fish; bones of bear, mammoth, hyena, rhinoceros, horse, fox and ma; flint flakes and cores - one of the flints had the appearance of a fragment of a polished celt or axe. STO 883 & 902
Sources / Further Reading
SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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SDV362696 | Article in Serial: Pengelly, W.. 1882. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 14. p. 692-4. |
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SDV362708 | Article in Serial: Pengelly, W.. 1884. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 16. p.692-4. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV124153 | Part of: Kent's Cavern, Ilsham Road, Torquay (Monument) |
MDV9687 | Related to: CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 7:08PM |
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