| RefNo | MS/222/63 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Fifty-eighth report of progress of excavations by William Pengelly and Edward Vivian, Torquay, to the British Association Kent's Cavern Committee |
| Creator | Pengelly; William (1812-1894); geologist |
| Vivian; Edward (1808–1893); science writer; poet |
| Date | 10 August 1870 |
| Description | Monthly report of the superintendents of excavation. They are still occupied with the excavation of the North Sally Port. A reference is made to a previous report, number 55, which detailed how Mr MacEnery had named the '"Sally Ports"' branches due to his belief that when this area of the cavern is excavated, alterative entrances to the cavern would be discovered: they are now confident they have found such an entrance in the North Sally Port. Up until 19 July, they were working on a passage with with limestone walls and roof, which was approximately four to seven feet wide. On this date, the materials of the walls and roof changed to loose material, which limited the progress of their exploration due to fear of collapse - the material did fall one night when the workmen were not there. Upon measuring the passage, the 'new opening is almost exactly in the same east-north-west vertical plane', which is south of the main entrance to the cavern: an annotated diagram is provided to illustrate this (Fig.1).
Items found in July include: 40 teeth of hyena, 20 of horse, 14 of rhinoceros, ten of bear, two of dog (?), one each of badger and dog; and a considerable amount of bones and bone fragments. The items which indicated man were: bits of charcoal, a flint flake, and three fragments of a flint implements, of which an outline drawing is provided of one of them (fig. 2). |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2162 | Pengelly; William (1812 - 1894); geologist | 1812 - 1894 |