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Forbes' Quarry
View on map:36.146716°N 5.346641°W
Description
Forbes' Quarry
Forbes' Quarry
is located on the northern face of the
Rock of Gibraltar
within the
Upper Rock Nature Reserve
in the
British Overseas Territory
of
Gibraltar
. The area was quarried during the 19th century to supply stone for reinforcing the fortress' military installations. In the course of the quarrying, a
limestone cave
was found. The second ever
Neanderthal
discovery was made within this cave when Cpt. Edmund Flint found the
skull of an adult female Neanderthal
in 1848.
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes' Quarry
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