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HER Number: | MDV124198 |
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Name: | Kent's Cavern: The Swallow 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.416-18 (Article in Serial). SDV362708.
The Swallow Gallery. 58 finds were made including the teeth of bear, fox, horse and sheep; and numerous bones.
Also four flint or chert implements: [one chert nodule, and three chips and flakes of chert and flint:]
1. An unused chert nodule, found in the fourth foot-level of the breccia in January 1879.
2. A small chip/fragment of flint found alone in the third foot-level of the breccia in February 1879.
3. A small flake of flint, probably a fragment of an implement, found near a bear tooth and bone pieces on the surface in February 1879.
4. A small chip of chert, found with three teeth of bear and numerous bones in the first foot-level of the breccia in April 1879.
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.416-18. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV124153 | Part of: Kent's Cavern, Ilsham Road, Torquay (Monument) |
MDV9728 | Related to: CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Date Last Edited: | Jun 3 2021 5:20PM |
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