Cathole Cave

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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb and Pennard Castle.

Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb

Archaeological site

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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 560 feet south of Cathole Cave.

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 1 mile southeast of Cathole Cave.

Church Of St Illtyd

Church

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Church Of St Illtyd is situated 1¼ miles east of Cathole Cave.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkmill and Penmaen.

Parkmill

Village

Parkmill is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles west of Swansea, and about one mile from the north coast of the Bristol Channel.