Location
- Site Name
- North Hill Tor Cave (Nottle)
- Parish
- Cheriton
- Gower Region
- North/Central Gower
- Latitude
- 0
- Longitude
- 0
- X
- Y
- Z
- 0
- OSNG
Identification
- Position
- Entrance
- Entrance Height (m)
- 0
- Entrance Width (m)
- 0
- Type of Cave
- Access
Description
Discoveries
- Archaeology
- Flint Tools
- Time Period-Culture
- Fauna
- Bear - Ursus sp., Hyaena - Crocuta crocuta, Lion - Panthera leo, Woolly Rhinoceros - R. antiquitalis
- Notes
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