Piltdown

This article is about the hamlets. For the hoax, see Piltdown Man.

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]

Road sign in Piltdown

The Piltdown Man pub in Piltdown

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.^[5]