Hill forts · London
Oldbury rock shelters
Oldbury rock shelters — Palaeolithic rock shelters.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Kemsing · 2.0 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Oldbury rock shelters is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Palaeolithic rock shelters". Coordinates: 51.2861°, 0.2693°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Oldbury and Seal Chart SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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 site is open to the public and owned by the National Trust.
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- Coordinates
- 51.2861, 0.2693
- County
- Kent
- District
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Parish
- Ightham
- Postcode
- TN15 9DG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tonbridge
- Nearest railway station
- Kemsing — 2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7085516 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Oldbury rock shelters (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The Southern Rock Shelter on Oldbury Hill.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Oldbury rock shelters?
- Oldbury rock shelters is in Kent, London, United Kingdom (postcode TN15 9DG), in the parish of Ightham.
- Is Oldbury rock shelters a protected site?
- Yes — Oldbury rock shelters is part of the Oldbury and Seal Chart SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Kent Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Oldbury rock shelters free to visit?
- Yes, Oldbury rock shelters is free to enter.
- How do I get to Oldbury rock shelters?
- The nearest railway station is Kemsing, about 2.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode TN15 9DG.