Cheddar Gorge, The Pinnacles
Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in Somerset, and the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Britain’s oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era (12,000–13,000 years ago) have since been found. Cheddar Gorge, including the caves and other attractions, has become a tourist destination; in a poll of Radio Times readers, following its appearance on the television programme Seven Natural Wonders, Cheddar Gorge was named as the second greatest natural wonder in Britain, surpassed only by Dan yr Ogof caves. With that, we start a short series of unused but highly aged sepia cards from Photochrom Co. This one is card 7608A. Grade: 2