Cave Records

Location

 

Site Name
Cathole
Parish
Ilston
Gower Region
North/Central Gower
Latitude
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Longitude
0
X
Y
Z
0
OSNG

Identification

Position

Cat Hole_APG1.jpg

Entrance

Cathole - entrance_K6A0940_w.jpg

Entrance Height (m)
0
Entrance Width (m)
0
Type of Cave
Archaeological
Access

Description

Header

Cathole is perhaps .....Sed ultrices scelerisque enim ut malesuada. Nullam viverra risus eget purus posuere, quis tincidunt sem varius. Nulla luctus posuere congue. Curabitur convallis ut libero quis tincidunt . Nullam sit amet mattis risus. Integer eleifend justo.

 

References

 

Discoveries

Archaeology
Human Remains, Flint Tools, Pottery, Cave Art, Bronze
Time Period-Culture
Fauna
Bear - Ursus sp., Fox - Vulpes vulpes, Hyaena - Crocuta crocuta, Wild Cat - Felis sylvestris, Irish Deer - Megaceros hibernicus, Red Deer - Cervus elaphus, Reindeer - Rangifer tarundus, Sheep - Ovis aries, Woolly Rhinoceros - R. antiquitalis, Wild Horse - Equus caballus, Wild Pig - Sus scrofa, Mammoth - Elephas primigenius, Vole - Arvicola sp.
Notes

Gallery

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