Red Fescue Hole
Location
- Site Name
- Red Fescue Hole
- Parish
- Rhossili
- Gower Region
- South-West Gower
- Latitude
- 0
- Longitude
- 0
- X
- Y
- Z
- 0
- OSNG
Identification
- Position
- Entrance
- Entrance Height (m)
- 0
- Entrance Width (m)
- 0
- Type of Cave
- Archaeological
- Access
Description
Discoveries
- Archaeology
- Human Remains, Inhumation, Flint Tools, Flint Debitage, Other Artefacts
- Time Period-Culture
- Neolithic
- Fauna
- Notes
Gallery
Bibliography
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