| Tooth Cave (Cave)
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| Location | SS 5320 9110. Gower, Swansea | Updated |
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| Elevation (m) | 50 | Length (m) |
1550 | ||
| OS Map No. 1:50000 |
159 | 1:25000 |
164 | 1:10000 |
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| Access | From Llethrid Bridge on the B4271, follow the track South t o Green Cwm for about 50 metres. The entrance is in the East cliff and is on Forestry Commission Land. The cave is gated. 2007 Access - Must be members of a caving club with BCA insurance. Key available from SWCC See the Access page of the Cambrian Caving Council Website for current Access arrangements at http://www.cambriancavingcouncil.org.uk/cave_access.html |
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| Description | The cave is liable t o severe flooding. A 5 metre pitch leads to the first chamber from which a crawl of 260 metres leads to the stream passage (normally dry), which is about 830 metres long. The top sump has been dived, but chokes with gravel after 28 metres. The bottom sump dries out in dry weather giving access to several hundred feet of passage ending in an impenetrable sump. |
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| Bibliography | British Caver 25, 52-54, 1963. Discovery Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M. Caves of Wales and the Marches. Dalesman. 1963. Location description and brief details. SWCC NL. 38, 2, 1961. Record of archaeological finds SWCC NL. 38, 4-5, 1961. Discovery and description New Scientist 14 (878), 330, 1968. Discovery of human remains Caving, 3, 3, 1963. Access Stratford, T. Caves of South Wales. 1995 |
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| Survey | P.O'Reiily. Speleotawe 1966 SUCC Grade 5 | ||||
| Found / Dug By | SWCC 1961 | ||||
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