Cillibion

Cillibion is a hamlet in Wales, United Kingdom. Cillibion is situated nearby to the village Llanrhidian, as well as near the hamlet Wernffrwd.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb and Penrice 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 1½ miles southeast of Cillibion.

Penrice Castle

Castle

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Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s. Penrice Castle is situated 2 miles southwest of Cillibion.

Cathole Cave

Cave

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanrhidian and Wernffrwd.

Llanrhidian

Village

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Llanrhidian is a village.

Wernffrwd

Hamlet

Wernffrwd is a village in the south of Wales. It is located approximately 8.5 miles from Swansea, and is within the Community of Llanrhidian Higher. The village is situated in the north of the Gower Peninsula, overlooking the Loughor Estuary and consists of lower and upper Wernffrwd. Wernffrwd is situated 1½ miles north of Cillibion.