- Object name(s):
- fossil: mammal; FELIDAE: Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss: cave lion; cave lion tooth
- Brief description:
- Kent’s Cavern is a natural system of caves near Torquay. It was called Kent’s Hole until 1865. Excavations revealed ice-age creatures, and some of the earliest human remains and stone tools in the country. Fossil remains date to the Pleistocene 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago. During the last Ice Age red sediments called 'cave earth' flowed into the cave. They covered earlier layers of crystalline stalagmites, breccia and animal remains. When archaeologists excavated, they found the cave earth to be rich in human and animal bones. Locality: Long Arcade Series: 48 Parallel: 13 Level: 2 Yard: 1R Deposit: Cave earth This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection date:
- 13 September 1872
- Field collection place:
- Torquay
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Object name:
- fossil: mammal; FELIDAE: Panthera leo spelaea Goldfuss: cave lion; cave lion tooth
- Object number:
- 31/2006/135
- Reproduction number:
- 31-2006-135.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Natural Sciences
- Responsible department/section:
- Fossils
- Right type:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
- Use title:
- Hollow Earth. Exhibition 2023
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8a6b32e2-3c50-3b08-bf4b-479613f3359c
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8a6b32e2-3c50-3b08-bf4b-479613f3359c, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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