Location

Site Name
Spring Squill 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
Flint Tools, Flint Debitage
Time Period-Culture
Neolithic
Fauna
Red Deer - Cervus elaphus, Wild Pig - Sus scrofa
Notes

Bibliography

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