WILLIAM PENGELLY CAVE STUDIES TRUST

Kents Cavern - A Field Guide to the Natural History

by Joyce Lundberg and Donald A McFarlane

For more than 150 years researchers at Kents Cavern in Torquay have discovered a sequence of deposits that are now known to cover a half-million year history. This makes this cave unique in Europe and one of the most important cave sites in the world. In this very readable and extremely well illustrated Field Guide, Joyce Lundberg and Donald McFarlane show how the cave first formed and the climatic and geological changes that have determined each stage in its subsequent development. They describe the excavations that revealed its secrets to William Pengelly in the 19th century and to others who have built on his work.

The Guide then takes you on a tour of the cave. At each stop the authors describe the evidence on which our understanding of its development is built. They provide clear and authoritative information, backed by clear diagrams and photographs, so that, using the Guide, you can see for yourself how the complex story of Kents Cavern has been unravelled.

Published by the William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust.
Orders should be sent to Alan Finch, Zennor, Throwleigh Road, South Zeal, Okehampton, Devon EX20 2QA
Cheques should be made payable to the William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust

William Pengelly Cave Studies Trust in collaboration with Kents Cavern

£5-00 plus £1-50 p+p

ISBN 978-0-9559514-0-4

Available mid-July