Dene Holes of Kent and Essex – 1908
Title : Dene Holes of Kent and Essex - 1908
Author : Not Stated
Source : Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist
Year Published : 1908
Page Count : 11
Image Count : 4
Word Count : 3,649
File Size in MB : 3.8
File Type : PDF
"Dene-Holes are, perhaps, the most mysterious, and, for that reason, the most interesting, of the evidences still existing of the prehistoric inhabitants of that part of the country lying on the banks of the lower reaches of the Thames. The only reason for the mystery surrounding them is the fact that so little can be said with certainty about their objects or their uses. Innumerable theories have been put forward at different times by various writers and authorities on the subject : amongst them —gold-mines, dwelling-places, columbaria, hiding-places, stables, flint workings, chalk wells, houses of religious worship, and granaries or underground storehouses, but without conclusive proof in any case. Possibly the stable theory is the most ridiculous of these ; but the theory of the under ground storehouse, the chalk well theory, and that of hiding- holes and dwelling-places are the only suggestions worth serious consideration. The stable or slaughter-house theory (they are quite inseparable) is quite modern, and, needless to say, is due to ignorance. The dwelling-house theory is continually cropping up, but there is a..."
