<< Our Photo Pages >> Long Hole - Cave or Rock Shelter in Wales in West Glamorgan
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Long HoleCountry: Wales County: West Glamorgan Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Swansea Nearest Village: Pilton Green
Map Ref: SS452851 Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.543507N Longitude: 4.23372W
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| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Longhole lies west of Port Eynon Point about half way between Culver Hole and Paviland. It is an unspectacular looking cave but is historically significant.
The entrance is to be found just below the cliff top. The entrance itself is a low archway which leads into a winding passageway more than 10m long. Excavations carried out here in 1861 proved that man and extinct animals lived concurrently.
More recently analysis of pollen from the cave has contributed to knowledge and research on climate change over the years. Animal remains found at Longhole include Reindeer, Cave bear and Mammoth. Source: Gower Peninsula
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