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HER Number: | MDV124175 |
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Name: | Kent's Cavern: The Water Gallery |
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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., 1884, Transactions of the Devonshire Association, p.261-5 (Article in Serial). SDV362708.
The Water Gallery.
Bones, teeth and skulls of bears were found in the stalagmite floor above the breccia.
A flint flake was found in the Breccia on 15 March 1869 with portions of bear teeth lying on a loose bank of limestone in contact with the north wall of the gallery in the third foot level. Made by three or four blows, the bulb of percussion was well-pronounced on its larger face. The smallest side is the natural surface of the nodule from which it was struck; partially coated with a thin ferruginous film, occasionally dendritic, with a light buff colour underneath, unlike the implements and flakes found in the cave earth. The edges are not keen but not rolled either. One well-rolled small flint pebble was also found in the breccia; and a small angular piece of coarse-grained white flint that was found in the first foot level appears to have been struck off in making an implement.
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. p.261-5. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV124153 | Part of: Kent's Cavern, Ilsham Road, Torquay (Monument) |
MDV9705 | Related to: CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 7:09PM |
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