| RefNo | MS/222/55 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Fiftieth 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 | 7 December 1869 |
| Description | Monthly report of the superintendents of excavation. On 11 November, the exploration of the South Sally Port was completed. Work has now commenced on the North Sally Port, which runs eastward out of the Great Chamber. At the end of November, they had completed nine parallels from which no bones or objects of interest were found. There is a change of floor layers described toward the Sally Port entrance, where cave-earth is discovered. Within this deposit layer, blocks of old stalagmite are of common occurrence, and more fossils are found, including a flint flake. 'An unusually large number of teeth and bones, at whatever depth they occur, are more or less invested with films of stalagmite'. There are no tunnels or burrows detected in the North Sally Port. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2162 | Pengelly; William (1812 - 1894); geologist | 1812 - 1894 |