Llanmadoc Hill, Rhossili

#5 among attractions in Rhossili

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Llanmadoc Hill is a 186-metre-high hill at the northwestern corner of the Gower Peninsula west of Swansea in South Wales. The summit at the western end of the east–west aligned ridge is crowned by a trig point; at its eastern end are a series of complex earthworks known as The Bulwark. Numerous other prehistoric cairns adorn the hill's broad summit ridge. The hill's position above the village of Llanmadoc within 2 km of Gower's northwest coast enables wide panoramas to be enjoyed over the western end of the peninsula and the surrounding Loughor estuary, Rhossili Bay and Carmarthen Bay. ()

Elevation: 610 ftProminence: 338 ftCoordinates: 51°36'31"N, 4°16'5"W

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Penrhyn Gŵyr (Gŵyr)Rhossili United Kingdom

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Llanmadoc Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Burry Port Lighthouse, Oxwich Castle, Weobley Castle, Church of St Illtyd.

4.8 miN
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Burry Port Lighthouse, Burry Port
123 min walk • Burry Port harbour was built between 1830 and 1836 to replace the harbour at Pembrey, located 400 yards to the west. Burry Port was once the main coal exporting port for the nearby valleys, but the dock now houses the only marina in Carmarthenshire, and the harbour was dredged especially for this purpose.
5.6 miSE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Gothic Revival architecture
Oxwich Castle, Swansea
144 min walk • Oxwich Castle is a Grade I listed castle which occupies a position on a wooded headland overlooking Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales.
3 miE
Forts and castles
Weobley Castle, Swansea
76 min walk • Weobley Castle is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw. The castle overlooks Llanrhidian saltmarshes and the Loughor estuary.
6 miSE
Church
Church of St Illtyd, Swansea
154 min walk • The Church of St Illtyd is Grade II* Listed Building in the city and county of Swansea in south Wales. It is 1 km from Oxwich village, on a site overlooking Oxwich Bay and reached by the Wales Coast Path. It has a square churchyard with a stone wall and a modern gate.
3.1 miN
Lighthouse
Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower Peninsula
80 min walk • Whiteford Point Lighthouse is located off the coast at Whiteford Point near Whiteford Sands, on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales.
4.1 miS
Prehistoric site
Red Lady of Paviland, Rhossili
105 min walk • The Red Lady of Paviland is an Upper Paleolithic partial skeleton of a male dyed in red ochre and buried in Britain 33,000 BP. The bones were discovered in 1823 by William Buckland in an archaeological dig at Goat's Hole Cave — one of the limestone caves between Port Eynon and Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, south Wales.
3.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Deborah's Hole Camp, Rhossili
97 min walk • Deborah's Hole Camp is an Iron Age hillfort situated atop the cliff above Deborah's Hole cave in the unitary authority of Swansea, Wales. It is crossed by the Wales Coast Path.
4.8 miS
Nature, Cave, Natural attraction
Long Hole Cave, Rhossili
122 min walk • Long Hole, also spelled Longhole, is a limestone cave on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula between Paviland and Port Eynon. It is relatively small, measuring about 15 m deep after several excavations. It was first excavated in 1861 by Colonel E. R. Wood. Wood found evidence of a lithic assemblage and faunal remains.
3.8 miSW
Area
Worm's Head, Gower Peninsula
97 min walk • Worm's Head is a headland, at Rhossili, part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is the furthest westerly point of the Gower Peninsula. The name Worm's Head is derived from an Old English word 'wyrm' for 'sea serpent'.
4.8 miSE
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Penrice Castle, Swansea
123 min walk • Penrice Castle is a 13th-century castle near Penrice, Swansea on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Nearby is a neo-classical mansion house built in the 1770s.
4.5 miE
Memorial
Cefn Bryn, Swansea
115 min walk • Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea.