What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dr. Gideon A. Mantell F.R.S. surgeon and geologist born in Lewes 1790, died in London 1852 lived here he discovered the fossil bones of the prehistoric iguanodon in the Sussex Weald
Gideon Mantell was a British obstetrician and geologist who made significant contributions to paleontology by discovering and naming Iguanodon, one of the first identified dinosaur species.
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Places near here
Bartholomew House and RailingsListed building · 23 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Barbican HouseListed building · 30 yd
Lewes Castle - Shell KeepCastle · 65 yd
St Michael in Lewes- statue in memory of Cecilie BarwellMonument or public art · 88 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1598192.jpg?width=1280)
Allegorical sculpture above the Law Courts at Lewes (iii)Public sculpture · 115 yd
Thomas PaineMemorial · 160 yd
Priory of St PancrasScheduled monument · 468 yd
Russian MemorialMemorial · 511 yd
Battle of Lewes MemorialMemorial · 537 yd
Lewes Town Wall, section called The Green WallScheduled monument · 559 yd
Lewes Railway Land Local Nature ReserveNature reserve · 799 yd
Malling Down Nature ReserveNature reserve · 1.0 miOther information
Photo: Simon Harriyott · CC BY 2.0