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| HER Number: | MDV9730 |
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| Name: | CAVE DEPOSIT in the Parish of |
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Summary
Kent's cavern. Clinnick gallery. Resumed excavation. In the breccia a small fragment of a bear's jaw, a few teeth splinters and two chert nodule tools were found:- a. A chert nodule. It was of a drab-coloured granular chert, covered with manganic smut. It was trapezium-shaped with the angles rounded. The butt end was almost square, and it was tapered on each face to an oblique chisel-edge. It may have been slightly rolled. It was found alone in the third foot level of the breccia in july 1879. B. A chert nodule. It was broken by a workman. It was pear-shaped, and had a white chalk-like aspect at the fracture. The surface was covered with manganic smut. It was found alone in the second foot level of the breccia in july 1879.
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/4/47
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- CAVE DEPOSIT (Palaeolithic - 698000 BC to 8001 BC (Between))
Full description
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316834.
Kent's cavern. Clinnick gallery. Resumed excavation. In the breccia a small fragment of a bear's jaw, a few teeth splinters and two chert nodule tools were found:- a. A chert nodule. It was of a drab-coloured granular chert, covered with manganic smut. It was trapezium-shaped with the angles rounded. The butt end was almost square, and it was tapered on each face to an oblique chisel-edge. It may have been slightly rolled. It was found alone in the third foot level of the breccia in july 1879. B. A chert nodule. It was broken by a workman. It was pear-shaped, and had a white chalk-like aspect at the fracture. The surface was covered with manganic smut. It was found alone in the second foot level of the breccia in july 1879.
Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV316835.
Pengelly, w. /tda/16(1884)418-420/the literature of kent's cavern, part 5.
Sources / Further Reading
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| SDV316835 | Migrated Record: |
Associated Monuments
| MDV124200 | Related to: Kent's Cavern. Spare (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | May 11 2017 12:00AM |
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