The cave is situated on Great Tor and is reached by following the track from Penmaen Burrows as far as the top between two rocky nobs on Great Tor. A descent of about 10 metres down the Eastern side leads to the entrance.
Description
The main entrance leads to a chamber 33 metres long, 6 metres high and 2.5 metres wide. At the end there is a small arch which leads to another chamber and a 10 metre passage. In the main chamber, there is a passage which leads to a small chamber from which a 10 metre chimney leads to the cave's second entrance.
History
Thought to span at least 5 million years...
Hydrology
Conservation
SSSI: 3143 Great Tor (Three Cliff Bay) (Geological)
Gallery
Brendan Marris 2016
Survey
References
British Caver 17, 36-43. 1947
Caves in Wales and the Marches (Dalesman), Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M., 1963. Location description and brief details.
Proc.Swansea Science and Field Naturalist Society 2, 221-246. 1944. Location, description and archaeology.
Gower Caves (Welsh Guides), Allen and Rutter, , 1948
British Caving (Routledge, Kegan Paul) Cullingford,C.H.D., 2nd Ed. 1962
The Caves of Gower (Gower Society),Grenfell,H and Morris, B, 1971, p.6
Davies, M, 1993, Caves of the South Gower Coast: an archaeological assessment
