L:13
V:4

Smugglers Hole


NGR: ST 2230 6502
10 m.asl

Vale of Glamorgan , South East Wales
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Cave
Access On Flat Holm in the Mouth of the Severn, 4.5 km South East of Penarth, Cardiff. A plainly marked path leads to the entrance and it is said that smugglers used the cave for the storage of contraband.
Description The entrance is half way down the cliff on the NE side of the island. A low entrance leads to three chambers, perhaps with evidence of mining. A blocked opening in the last chamber indicates further passage.
History
Hydrology
Conservation SSSI: 0570 Flat Holm (Mixed/M)
Survey
BEC 2018
References
Trans.Cardiff Nats Soc 80, 18(1948-1950) Ratcliffe-Densham, H.B.A., 1950 Flatholm Island
SMCC Jnl Series 7 No. 7 Autumn 1984 pp. 16 to 21
Sea-board of Mendip (1902)Knight,F.A., p.332
Belfry Bulletin 2018
Cambrian Cave Registry entry 1353
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