Piltdown is a series of hamlets in East Sussex, England,[1] located south of Ashdown Forest.
[1] It is best known for the Piltdown Man hoax where amateur archaeologist Charles Dawson claimed to have discovered evidence of the "missing link" in gravel beds near the village.
[1] Piltdown has a pub ("The Piltdown Man", after temporarily being called "The Lamb"), a golf course,[2] and a vineyard.
[1][3] It is in the Wealden district[4] and Fletching parish.
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