Longhole , Long Hole , Long Hole Cave , CSGCAA.ML39
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Cave
Access From Overton to the West of Port Eynon, follow the lane West and go through the gate at the end. Follow the track over the moors for 1/4 mile, keeping outside the stone wall. The entrance is just below the edge of the cliff and can easily be reached.
Description A single narrow 15 metre passage
History
Excavated by R.E.Wood, 1861; J.B.Campbell, 1969
Hydrology
Conservation
NPRN: 305467
SAM:
SSSI: 0809 Gower Coast: Rhossili to Porteynon (Mixed/M)
GCR: 1305,1757
Gallery
Brendan Marris Survey References British Caver 20, 61-68 Caves in Wales and the Marches (Dalesman), Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M., 1963. Location description and brief details. British Caving (Routledge, Kegan Paul) Cullingford,C.H.D., 2nd Ed. 1962 QJGS 25, 192-217, 1869. Dist. of Post Glacial Mammals Cave Hunting (Macmillan), Dawkins,W.B. 1874 Swansea Sci. Soc. Ann. Rep. And Trans. 17-20, 1892-95. Archaeology Paleo. Mem. 11, 498, 1868. Arch Int. Proc.Swansea Science and Field Naturalist Society 2, 221-246. 1944. Location, description and archaeology. Gower Caves (Welsh Guides), Allen and Rutter, , 1948 Ann de la Soc. Geologique du Nord Lille. 72, 130-133, 1952 Ice Age Hunters, Stephen Green and Elizabeth Walker, Nat.Mus.Wales, 1991, pp.50-52 Davies, M, 1993, Caves of the South Gower Coast: an archaeological assessment Dinnis, R.,2012, Identification Of Longhole (Gower) As An Aurignacian Site , Lithics, 33, pp.17–29 Brendan Marris Caves of the South Gower Coast Wikipedia Megalithic Portal Cooper,J.S, 2023, Exploring the Karst and Caves of the Gower Peninsula, pp.56,57
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