About the event

Our tour begins in the museum, then to the lime kilns, climate marker tree, quarry, bone cave and up the footpath to see geological and local history features.

The quarry contains several caves where there are remains of animals dating from a period between the last two Ice Ages - tooth from a juvenile straight tusked elephant, bones from bison and red deer, hippopotamus, lion, hyena, wolf, and bear.

The Greater Horseshoe bats roost in the limestone caves, which they exit to their feeding grounds at dusk. Large numbers of them take the same route along a narrow, tree-lined, church path.

This is where we will encounter and, with the aid of bat-detectors, hear the Greater Horseshoe bats.

The tour is led by Sheila Phillips

“I have been a member of the Pengelly Cave Studies Trust for over 45 years and am the Trust’s Education Officer. My Devon caving story began in 1956 and continued through student years and beyond until marriage and family. I returned to the fold in 1980.”

Sheila, is the most wonderful guide. She imparts information on history, geology and nature in a most compelling way.