Location
- Site Name
- Ravenscliff Cave
- Parish
- Pennard
- Gower Region
- South Mid-Gower
- Latitude
- 0
- Longitude
- 0
- X
- Y
- Z
- 0
- OSNG
Identification
- Position
- Entrance
- Entrance Height (m)
- 0
- Entrance Width (m)
- 0
- Type of Cave
- Palaeontological
- Access
Description
Discoveries
- Archaeology
- Time Period-Culture
- Fauna
- Badger - Meles meles, Fox - Vulpes vulpes, Hyaena - Crocuta crocuta, Lion - Panthera leo, Marten - Martes martes, Wild Cat - Felis sylvestris, Wolf - Canis lupus, Bison - Bison priscus, Hippopotamus - Hippopotamus amphibius, Soft-nosed Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros hemitoechus, Wild Horse - Equus caballus, Wild Pig - Sus scrofa, Straight-tusked Elephant - Elephas antiquus, Mammoth - Elephas primigenius, Water Vole - Arvicola amphibius
- Notes
Gallery
Bibliography
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