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HER Number: | MDV124164 |
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Name: | Kent's Cavern: Southwest Chamber East |
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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 (Between))
Full description
Torbay HER record (SMR record). SDV361984.
Imported from Torbay HER
Pengelly, W., 1884, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, pp.235-47, 251-4 (Article in Serial). SDV362708.
Southwest Chamber East.
No black mould was present but bones and pieces of charred wood were found in the granular stalagmitic floor.
In the cave earth were found the bones of bear, fox, horse, hyena, rhinoceros, mammoth, hare and bird, and a few flint chips. Some of the bones were split lengthways.
Fom the breccia came the bones and teeth of bear, a tooth of fox, and a few bird bones.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV361984 | SMR record: Torbay HER record. |
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SDV362708 | Article in Serial: Pengelly, W.. 1884. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. . 16. pp.235-47, 251-4. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV124153 | Part of: Kent's Cavern, Ilsham Road, Torquay (Monument) |
MDV9694 | 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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