Cave Records

Location

Site Name
Paviland Cave (Goat's Hole)
Parish
Rhossili
Gower Region
South-West Gower
Latitude
51.55
Longitude
-4.256
X
243714
Y
185881
Z
8.15
OSNG
SS 43714 85881

Identification

Position

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Entrance

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Entrance Height (m)
8
Entrance Width (m)
3
Type of Cave
Archaeological, Palaeontological
Access

The cave is only easily accessible at low tide for 6 days in the month. The cave is reached via Foxhole Slade keeping to the east side of the dry stone walling. A rough scramble is required etc etc.

Description

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References

Aldhouse-Green, S. and Pettitt, P. (1998) ‘Paviland Cave: contextualizing the ‘Red Lady’, Antiquity, 72(278), pp. 756–772. Available at: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9435403&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0003598X00087354 (Accessed: 20 June 2015).
Griffiths, A.P. (1972) ‘Recent work at Bacon Hole’, Gower journal of the Gower Society, 23, pp. 76–77.
Rutter, J.G. (1949) ‘Archaeology of Gower’, Gower journal of the Gower Society, (Vol. 2, 1949), pp. 11–13. Available at: http://welshjournals.llgc.org.uk/browse/llgc-id:1272866/llgc-id:1272920 (Accessed: 1 July 2016).

Discoveries

Archaeology
Human Remains, Inhumation, Flint Tools, Flint Debitage, Bone, Ivory, Ornaments, Charcoal
Time Period-Culture
Palaeolithic Upper (Aurignacian), Mesolithic
Fauna
Badger - Meles meles, Brown Bear - Ursus arctos, Fox - Vulpes vulpes, Hyaena - Crocuta crocuta, Wolf - Canis lupus, Bison - Bison priscus, 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, Water Vole - Arvicola amphibius
Notes

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