Oldbury rock shelters
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 The southern rock shelter | |
  location in Kent | |
| Location | Oldbury hillfort near Ightham |
|---|---|
| Region | Kent |
| Coordinates | 51°17′9.8″N 0°16′9.6″E / 51.286056°N 0.269333°E |
| 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 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.