EnglandThe Oldbury Rock Shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham, Kent [1]. Occupied by Neanderthal Mousterian flint tool makers around 50,000 years ago, the shelters yielded characteristic bout-coupe handaxes during 19th and 20th century excavations [1] [2]. The site is nationally important as rock shelters with surviving Palaeolithic deposits are rare in Britain and Europe [3].
Oldbury Rock Shelters
| Type | Cave Structures |
|---|---|
| Period | 500 BC - 1 AD |
| Country | England |
| Coordinates | 51.2865° N, 0.2692° E |