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Summary

Kent's cavern. The great oven. The tooth of hyena and a few bones were found in the thin layer of cave earth; six teeth of bear and some bones were found in the breccia underneath. A flint flake and a flint chip were found in the resumed excavation with more bones and teeth. The flint flake was of a cream colour, almost a parallelogram in outline. One end retained the original surface of the nodule. The inner face was slightly concave, and the outer very convex, consisting of three planes or facets. The ridges and edges were quite sharp. It was found in october 1875 a little below the upper surface of the cave earth.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1010745: Kent's Cavern, Torquay

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX96SW/4/39

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CAVE DEPOSIT (Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 8001 BC (Between))

Full description

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316862.

Kent's cavern. The great oven. The tooth of hyena and a few bones were found in the thin layer of cave earth; six teeth of bear and some bones were found in the breccia underneath. A flint flake and a flint chip were found in the resumed excavation with more bones and teeth. The flint flake was of a cream colour, almost a parallelogram in outline. One end retained the original surface of the nodule. The inner face was slightly concave, and the outer very convex, consisting of three planes or facets. The ridges and edges were quite sharp. It was found in october 1875 a little below the upper surface of the cave earth.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316863.

Pengelly, w. /tda/16(1884)384-389, 408-410/the literature of kent's cavern, part 5.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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