Gower Heritage Coast
Pennard Cliff Caves
3 of the Caves in Pennard Cliffs
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Top left - A cave at the top of the small rocky bay - Foxhole
(SS 553.872),
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Top right - Minchin (Mitchin) Hole Cave (SS 5552.8685), at the bottom of the cliff below a prominent knoll - High Tor , the largest of the Gower coastal Bone Caves /
very difficult to reach.
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Bottom - Bacon Hole (SS 5601.8683), at the base of the cliffs to the west
of Deep Slade bay ,one of Gower's larger and more famous bone caves .
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Bacon and Mitchin caves were occupied during the Iron Age , Roman and later periods.
The 'bone caves' have proved a rich source of human and animal remains and artefacts.
Ref: 11372.6.8
Date: 05/03/2013
