Oldbury rock shelters

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Oldbury rock shelters
The southern rock shelter
Oldbury rock shelters
Oldbury rock shelters
location in Kent
LocationOldbury hillfort near Ightham
RegionKent
Coordinates51°17′9.8″N 0°16′9.6″E / 51.286056°N 0.269333°E / 51.286056; 0.269333
History
PeriodsMiddle Palaeolithic
CulturesMousterian

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 interior of the southern rock shelter

The site is open to the public and owned by the National Trust.

References

  1. ^ "Archaeological Sites Kent". Historic-Kent.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Iron Age". Here's History Kent. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Oldbury Hill - National Trust". Freedom 2 Expolre. Retrieved 26 August 2015.