Piltdown Man memorial, 1938
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Piltdown Man memorial, 1938
The site of the discovery of the Piltdown skull: the monolith memorial unveiled by Sir Keith Arthur on 22nd July 1938. The memorial was placed in the grounds of Barkham Manor at Piltdown, East Sussex, to mark the site of the discovery. Part of the inscription states Here, in the old river gravel, Mr. Charles Dawson, F.S.A, found the fossil skull of Piltdown Man, 1912-13. The spectacular find was revealed to be an elaborate hoax in 1953. Date: 22nd July 1938
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© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
1938 22nd Arthur Dawson Fake Forgery Gravel Hoax Inscription Keith Link Manor Missing Monolith Piltdown Prehistoric Unveiled
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