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Kent's Cavern and Glacial or Pre-Glacial Man

Trans. Devon. Assoc. 1884, Vol XVI, pp. 480-488.

by

W. Pengelly, F.R.S., F.G.S. Etc.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The paper was presented at the Association’s July 1884, Newton Abbot meeting. Kent’s Cavern is an impressive cave system in Torquay that is notable for its archaeological and geological features. The cave system is open to the public and has been a geological Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1952 and a Scheduled Ancient Monument since 1957. Kents Cavern is first recorded as Kents Hole Close on a 1659 deed when the land was leased to John Black. Remains of three early species of humankind have been discovered in Kent’s Cavern; Homo heidelbergensis, Neanderthal and Homo sapien. These three species give the  Cavern a unique, internationally-recognized link to humanity over half a million years in length, making Kent’s by far one of the most important prehistoric caves in Europe. The article, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.