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| HER Number: | MDV124199 |
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| Name: | Kent's Cavern: The Undervault |
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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.407-8 (Article in Serial). SDV362708.
The Undervault.
Cave earth and the Breccia were washed and mixed together by water descending to the lower levels. 35 finds [DCC sic] were made: 47 bear teeth, 33 of hyena, two of fox; numerous bones and fragments; also:
1. A dark grey chert flake, pentagonal in outline; probably produced artificially. It was found with the tooth of a fox and bones in the first foot-level in November 1877.
2.A quartzite pebble, over half of a well-rounded ellipsoidal mass. It was found in the second foot-level in November 1877 but did not appear to have been used as a hammerstone.
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.407-8. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV124153 | Part of: Kent's Cavern, Ilsham Road, Torquay (Monument) |
| MDV9729 | Related to: CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Feb 26 2019 7:10PM |
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