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Ash Hole Cavern
50.4004° N, -3.4971° E
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Ash Hole Cavern is a limestone cave system in Brixham, Devon, England. There is evidence of human habitation since Neolithic times, and archaeological excavations have been conducted, with several artefacts found. It has been a scheduled monument since 1966.
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Trevisker pottery date range
c. 1750–1000 BC
Lyte excavation
c. 1830
Coins discovered
1831
Blewitt account
1832
1965-1967 excavations
1965–1967
Scheduled monument designation
1966
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