Great Tor
Great Tor is a locality in Ilston, Swansea, Wales. Great Tor is situated nearby to the village Penmaen, as well as near Nicholaston.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pennard Castle and Cefn Bryn.
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.
Cefn Bryn
Peak
Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penmaen and Southgate.
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.
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.
Great Tor
- Type: Locality
- Categories: climbing site and sports location
- Location: Ilston, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.56855° or 51° 34′ 7″ northLongitude
-4.12288° or 4° 7′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C3QHV9G+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 258062274OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
sport=climbing
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