Valley Side Cave 1
Location
- Site Name
- Valley Side Cave 1
- Parish
- Bishopston
- Gower Region
- South-East 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
- Fox - Vulpes vulpes, Cattle - Bos sp, Bird - Aves sp
- Notes
Gallery
Bibliography
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