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<< Text Pages >> Worm's Head Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 9197

Natural PlacesSite Name: Worm's Head Cave
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 13.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: West Glamorgan Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Swansea  Nearest Village: Middleton
Map Ref: SS383877  Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.564929N  Longitude: 4.334332W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
2 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
3

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Worm's Head Cave
Worm's Head Cave submitted by Horatio : one of several aerial views I took whilst stood next to the cave which is square dark on the platform/ramp right at the end of the head half way down. Access was from sea level at the slight inlet below and right to the cavern, I basically followed the orange stained line of rocks from the off the path to the outer head and climbed down below the cavern and ack up on to the platform to access the... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Worm's Head Cave
Worm's Head Cave submitted by Horatio : After living in here in Wales for 18+ years I've finally decided to get out to the Worm's Head Cave, in fact out on to Worm's Head itself as I had never been on until yesterday. The walk on to the far headland took longer than what I imagined (quite laborious) 1hr out and 50 mins back, I was on a spring tide so had plenty of time before being cut off by the tide. In this photo, I'm standing on th... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SS3887 : Worm's Head by Dave Farmer
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SS3887 : Outer Head Summit by Rude Health
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