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Kent's Cavern is a limestone cave system located near Torquay in Devon that has yielded substantial archaeological evidence of human occupation spanning from the Middle Pleistocene through to the Holocene. Excavations conducted from the nineteenth century onwards have recovered Palaeolithic stone tools, animal remains, and other artefacts that demonstrate use of the cave during multiple periods of prehistory, with particular significance for understanding the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic periods in Britain. The cave consists of a series of chambers and passages formed through the dissolution of limestone, with deposits of archaeological material stratified within the cave sediments. Kent's Cavern remains an important site for Pleistocene archaeology and has contributed substantially to knowledge of early human activity in southern Britain.
Kent's Cavern, Torquay is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010745. View the official record →
Kent's Cavern is a limestone cave system located near Torquay in Devon that has yielded substantial archaeological evidence of human occupation spanning from the Middle Pleistocene through to the Holocene. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010745.
Kent's Cavern, Torquay is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010745.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric field system at Walls Hill (0.9 km), Torre Abbey (2.7 km), St Michael's Chapel, Chapel Hill (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kent's Cavern, Torquay's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kent's Cavern, Torquay stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is limestone, mudstone and calcareous mudstone.