Oldbury rock shelters
19th-century archaeological discoveriesArchaeological sites in KentMousterianRock sheltersTonbridge and Malling
The Oldbury rock shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites situated on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham in the English county of Kent.They were occupied by Mousterian flint tool manufacturers around 50,000 years ago and examples of their characteristic bout-coupé handaxes were found there during excavations in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The site is open to the public and owned by the National Trust.
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Treacle's Climb, Tonbridge and Malling Ightham
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Treacle's Climb
Treacle's Climb
TN15 9DP Tonbridge and Malling, Ightham
England, United Kingdom
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