Cathole Cave, Swansea

Name: Cathole Cave
Address: Swansea, United Kingdom

#55 among attractions in Swansea

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Cathole Cave, Cat Hole Cave or Cathole Rock Cave, is a cave near Parc Cwm long cairn at Parc le Breos, on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. It is a steep limestone outcrop, about 200 yards north of the cromlech along the Parc le Breos Cwm valley and near the top of the gorge, about 50 feet from the valley floor. The cave is a deep triangular fissure penetrating the hillside and narrowing towards the top. It has two entrances, with a natural platform outside the larger of the two. It is about seven 1⁄2 miles west south–west of Swansea, Wales, in what is now known as Coed y Parc Cwm at Parc le Breos, on the Gower Peninsula. ()

Coordinates: 51°35'24"N, 4°6'45"W

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Penrhyn Gŵyr (Gŵyr)Swansea United Kingdom

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Cathole Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pennard Castle, Parc Cwm long cairn, Parc le Breos, La Charrette.

1 miSE
Forts and castles
Pennard Castle, Swansea
27 min walk • Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales.
~590 ftS
Memorial
Parc Cwm long cairn, Swansea
3 min walk • Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow.
~580 ftS
Park
Parc le Breos, Swansea
3 min walk • Parc le Breos was a great medieval deer park in the south of the Gower Peninsula, about eight miles west of Swansea, Wales, and about 1+1⁄4 miles north of the Bristol Channel. The park was an enclosed, oval area of 6.7 miles in circumference, covering about 2,000 acres and measuring 2+1⁄2 miles by just over 1+3⁄4 miles.
0.7 miSE
Cinema, Nightlife
La Charrette, Swansea
17 min walk • La Charrette was for several decades the smallest cinema in the UK. It closed in February 2008. A tiny, 23-seat venue, sited in a back garden in the town of Gorseinon, near Swansea, 'La Charrette' was built from a disused railway carriage. With flock wallpaper and hand-operated curtains, 'La Charrette' began showing films in 1953.