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<< Text Pages >> Minchin Hole - Cave or Rock Shelter in Wales in West Glamorgan

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 9253

Natural PlacesSite Name: Minchin Hole Alternative Name: Mitchin Hole, Witchin Hole, Mitchen Hole
Country: Wales County: West Glamorgan Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Swansea  Nearest Village: Pennard
Map Ref: SS555868  Landranger Map Number: 159
Latitude: 51.561515N  Longitude: 4.085995W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
4

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS5586 : Minchin Hole Cave, South Gower by Cedwyn Davies
by Cedwyn Davies
©2006(licence)
SS5586 : Mitchin Hole by Sally
by Sally
©2011(licence)
SS5586 : Inside Mitchin Hole by Sally
by Sally
©2011(licence)
SS5586 : High Tor by Bill Boaden
by Bill Boaden
©2016(licence)
SS5586 : Foxhole Cove from High Tor by Colin Cheesman
by Colin Cheesman
©2019(licence)

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Re: Minchin Hole by coldrum on Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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Coflein site entry:

"A natural cave in the sea-cliff, explored from 1850 onwards, that has produced a range of IA, Romano-British and later material, associated with hearths."

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/305580/details/MINCHIN+HOLE%3BMITCHIN+HOLE%3BWITCHIN+HOLE/
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