Cave and archaeological site in the United Kingdom
51°17′9.8″N 0°16′9.6″E / 51.286056°N 0.269333°E / 51.286056; 0.269333 History Periods Middle Palaeolithic Cultures Mousterian 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.[1]
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.[2]
The interior of the southern rock shelter The site is open to the public and owned by the National Trust .[3]
References ^ "Archaeological Sites Kent". Historic-Kent.co.uk . Retrieved 26 August 2015 . ^ "Iron Age". Here's History Kent . Retrieved 26 August 2015 . ^ "Oldbury Hill - National Trust". Freedom 2 Expolre . Retrieved 26 August 2015 . Prehistoric cave sites, rock shelters and cave paintings
Paleoanthropological sites Cave paintings Caves containing pictograms
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