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| HER Number: | MDV9688 |
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| Name: | CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of |
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Summary
Kent's cavern. The breccia was the oldest deposit in the cavern. Made of sub-angular and rounded pieces of dark red grit with small number of quartz pebbles embedded in a sandy paste of the same colour. Finds: bones of bears of various species, including cave bear, a few of lion and fox. Flint nodules, tools and flakes.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 934 641 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX96SW |
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| Civil Parish | Torbay |
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| District | Torbay |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | TORMOHAM |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX96SW/4/5
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAVE DEPOSIT (Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 8001 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316475.
Kent's cavern. The breccia was the oldest deposit in the cavern. Made of sub-angular and rounded pieces of dark red grit with small number of quartz pebbles embedded in a sandy paste of the same colour. Finds: bones of bears of various species, including cave bear, a few of lion and fox. Flint nodules, tools and flakes.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316476.
Pengelly, w. /tda/14(1882)693,694/notes on notices of geology and palaeontology of devonshire, part 9.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV316475 | Migrated Record: |
| SDV316476 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV124158 | Related to: Kent's Cavern: Cave Earth (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2017 12:00AM |
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