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Site name Kent's Cavern, Torquay

Site number 238

Burial codes 4004 4007 4008 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4105 4104 4111 4127 4128 4129 4143 4151 4181

2500bc-14/1300bc A cave site with one Beaker vessel reported as 'related' to cremated bone of a person c15-20 and two black 'spearheads' (arrow heads?) in the Charcoal Cave. There was another possible Beaker inhumation burial in the Vestibule. 'On the evidence that is available to us all that can be demonstrated is that the cave had at least two Beaker burials and probably several Bronze Age cremations' (Silvester 1987, 22). Small scale domestic use of the cave is considered a strong possibility for the period (second millenium BC).

Remains/Period Y4

County Devon

Region SW

National grid square SX

X coordinate 935

Y coordinate 631

Bibliographic source Pearce 1974, Silvester 1987

Query

Site name	Kent's Cavern, Torquay
Site number	238
Burial codes	4004 4007 4008 4009 4021 4023 4026 4028 4030 4035 4043 4048 4051 4065 4075 4084 4098 4105 4104 4111 4127 4128 4129 4143 4151 4181
2500bc-14/1300bc	A cave site with one Beaker vessel reported as 'related' to cremated bone of a person c15-20 and two black 'spearheads' (arrow heads?) in the Charcoal Cave. There was another possible Beaker inhumation burial in the Vestibule. 'On the evidence that is available to us all that can be demonstrated is that the cave had at least two Beaker burials and probably several Bronze Age cremations' (Silvester 1987, 22). Small scale domestic use of the cave is considered a strong possibility for the period (second millenium BC).
Remains/Period	Y4
County	Devon
Region	SW
National grid square	SX
X coordinate	935
Y coordinate	631
Bibliographic source	Pearce 1974, Silvester 1987