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| HER Number: | MDV9729 |
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| Name: | CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of |
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Summary
Kent's cavern. The undervault. The cave earth and the breccia were washed confusedly together by water descending to the lower levels.35 finds were made: 47 bear teeth, 33 of hyena, two of fox, numerous bones and fragments, one chert flake and the greater portion of a large quartzite pebble:- a. A chert flake. It was of a dark grey colour, and of pentagonal outline. It had probably been produced artificially. It was found with the tooth of a fox and bones in the first foot level in november 1877. B. A quartzite pebble. It was over half of a well-rounded ellipsoidal mass. It did not appear to have been used as a hammerstone. It was found in the second foot level in november 1877.
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/4/46
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAVE DEPOSIT (Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 8001 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316868.
Kent's cavern. The undervault. The cave earth and the breccia were washed confusedly together by water descending to the lower levels.35 finds were made: 47 bear teeth, 33 of hyena, two of fox, numerous bones and fragments, one chert flake and the greater portion of a large quartzite pebble:- a. A chert flake. It was of a dark grey colour, and of pentagonal outline. It had probably been produced artificially. It was found with the tooth of a fox and bones in the first foot level in november 1877. B. A quartzite pebble. It was over half of a well-rounded ellipsoidal mass. It did not appear to have been used as a hammerstone. It was found in the second foot level in november 1877.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316869.
Pengelly, w. /tda/16(1884)407-408/the literature of kent's cavern, part 5.
Sources / Further Reading
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Associated Monuments
| MDV124199 | Related to: Kent's Cavern: The Undervault (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2017 12:00AM |
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