Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab
Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab is a cliff in Pennard, Swansea, Wales. Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab is situated nearby to the cliff White Cove, as well as near the climbing site Pobbles Quarry (Upper Quarry).| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennard Castle and Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.
Pennard Castle
Castle
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales. Pennard Castle is situated 3,900 feet north of Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab.
Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb is situated 1½ miles north of Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab.
Cathole Cave
Cave
Photo: Daicaregos, Public domain.
Cathole Cave, Cat Hole Cave or Cathole Rock Cave, is a cave near Parc Cwm long cairn at Parc le Breos, on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. It is a steep limestone outcrop, about 200 yards north of the cromlech along the Parc le Breos Cwm valley and near the top of the gorge, about 50 feet from the valley floor. Cathole Cave is situated 1½ miles north of Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southgate and Pennard.
Southgate
Village
Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.
Pennard
Village
Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennard is a village and community on the south of the Gower Peninsula, about 7 miles south-west of Swansea city centre. It falls within the Pennard electoral ward of Swansea.
Shire Combe Buttress and West Slab
- Type: Cliff
- Categories: climbing site, sports location, and landform
- Location: Pennard, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56577° or 51° 33′ 57″ northLongitude
-4.1015° or 4° 6′ 5″ westOpen location code
9C3QHV8X+8COpenStreetMap ID
node 1274220121OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbing
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Highlights include White Cove and Pobbles Quarry (Upper Quarry).
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