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
Picture No
10638486
Media ID
46093180
Size
3075px x 5860px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in the Illustrated London News, 30th July 1938, page 202
Date
22nd July 1938
