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AT the Southampton meeting of the British Association last year, a Committee was appointed to co-operate with the Torquay Natural History Society in investigating the important palaeolithic site at Kent's Cavern, made famous by the researches of McEnery, Buckland, and Pengelly. For some time previously the future of the cave, which is in private ownership, and the possibility of dispersal to unknown destination of relics of antiquity which might be of the greatest moment for the early history of man in Britain, had been a source of anxiety to the local scientific society and to archasologists generally. It was hoped that the British Association Committee would be able to some extent to mitigate the dangers of the situation; but at the time of its appointment there seemed little hope of immediate excavation, and at the most it was hoped that it would hold a watching brief for archæology and ensure that any specimens of interest or importance to science which might come to light should, at least, be recorded and if possible made available for study. Early last winter, however, leave was obtained from the proprietor for a preliminary examination of that part of the cave known as the ‘Vestibule.’ Funds were raised from the British Association, the Royal Society, the Society of Antiquaries, and a fund for the employment of ex-service men; but the greater part of the work has been carried out voluntarily by members of the Torquay Natural History Society. A summary of the results of these excavations is contained in a report of the Committee which was presented at the Oxford meeting of the Association.
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Excavations in Kent's Cavern, Torquay. Nature 118, 391 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118391a0
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