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<< Our Photo Pages >> King Arthur's Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Herefordshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 14 October 2002  Page Views: 19828

Natural PlacesSite Name: King Arthur's Cave
Country: England County: Herefordshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Monmouth  Nearest Village: Symonds Yat
Map Ref: SO54561559  Landranger Map Number: 162
Latitude: 51.837058N  Longitude: 2.6609W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by sem : This cave was inhabited from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, a period of over 50,000 years. Finds here include bone, flint and "imported" pebbles. Caves nearby have also yielded Beaker and Roman pottery, but as this cave was also used to extract iron in the 18th and 19th centuries much archaeological evidence has been destroyed. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cave on the northern side of the Wye Valley near Symonds Yat.

This cave was inhabited from the Upper Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age, a period of over 50,000 years. Finds here include bone, flint and "imported" pebbles.

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Caves nearby have also yielded Beaker and Roman pottery, but as this cave was also used to extract iron in the 18th and 19th centuries much archaeological evidence has been destroyed.
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King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by Horatio : The cave is of limestone and is about 285 feet above the River Wye at the north western end of Lords Wood. It has a double interconnected entrance with two main chambers. There is evidence that the cave was occupied by humans during the Upper Palaeolithic era (2.6 million-12,000 years ago) (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by Horatio : Showing the entrance with the two main chambers. In 1871 the caves were excavated and hyena, lion, brown bear, red dear, Rhinoceros, Irish Elk, Reindeer and horse bones dated to the Late Pleisocene where discovered. (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by markj99 : A tortuous passage deep inside King Arthur's Cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by markj99 : King Arthur's Cave Arch at entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by markj99 : Interior passage of King Arthur's Cave. (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by Bladup : The marvellous King Arthur's Cave.

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by Bladup : Looking out of King Arthur's Cave.

King Arthur's Cave
King Arthur's Cave submitted by Bladup : King Arthur's Cave.

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Re: King Arthur''s Cave by Anonymous on Friday, 04 January 2019
Is there any historical interest in the stone spiral located close to the cave?
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Re: King Arthur's Cave by coldrum on Saturday, 24 January 2009
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Past Scape record:

https://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=109668&sort=4&search=exact&criteria=King%20Arthurs%20cave&rational=q&recordsperpage=30


Historic Herefordshire:

http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hsmr/db.php?smr_no=902

University of Oxford:

http://www.dbp.ox.ac.uk/NB%20Projects%20SW%20Caves.htm

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