You return via the woods that cluster around Lincombe Slopes, passing
Kent's Cavern, a cave system once occupied by our ancient ancestors.
You return via the woods that passing
Kent's Cavern, a cave system once occupied by our ancient ancestors.
The two-week dig at
Kent's Cavern in Torquay, Devon, also unearthed the UK's first complete 15,000-year-old "sagaie" - a spearpoint made of reindeer antler dating to the late Ice Age.
The dig at
Kent's Cavern near Torquay, Devon, also unearthed the UK's first complete 15,000-yearold "sagaie" - an antler spearpoint.
The bone fragment was taken from
Kent's Cavern and is being kept at Torquay Museum, where it will be on display until September 6.
Kent's Cavern will sound familiar to any Agatha Christie fans as the great Torquay-born writer set one of her thrillers around the caves.
There's an abundance of pavement cafes, pubs, restaurants and nightlife, good quality shops and a host of attractions to suit every interest, including Paignton Zoo, the Model Village at Babbacombe and prehistoric
Kent's Cavern.
It has a museum, theatre, and cinema and among the attractions are
Kent's Cavern which has spectacular geological formations and significant prehistoric finds, some more than 700,000 years old.
The fragment of an upper jaw, which was found in 1926 at
Kent's Cavern in Devon, was originally thought to be human, but experts now think it could date back even further.
Other famous caves in Britain include
Kent's Cavern in Devon, Fingal's Cave in the Hebrides and Wookey Hole in Somerset.
Visit
Kent's Cavern, one of the oldest recognisable human dwellings in Britain.
"Whilst we were there, we managed to visit a lot of attractions including
Kent's Caverns, Paignton Zoo and Gerry Cottle's Circus; however, Thomas' favourite attraction was Dartmoor Zoological Park where he met the owner Benjamin Mee to talk about the film We Bought a Zoo that was based on the park," David said.