Minchin Hole , Minchin Hole Cave , CSGCAA.ML82
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Cave
Access Follow the cliff path Eastwards from Pennard and climb down after 1/4 mile before the path goes round the headland. The climb down leads to a large fissure which in turn leads to the cave.
Description The cave is of archaeological importance and consists of a single chamber 50 metres long and 23 metres high. The largest of the Gower bone caves.
History
The name may be derived mynecenu, an old English word for nun: perhaps one lived here as a hermit?
Hydrology
Conservation
NPRN: 305580
GCR: 1194,1365
Survey Axbridge CG nl. Feb 1965, pp.12-13 References QJGS 16, 489-491, 1860. Archaeology QJGS 25, 192-217, 1869. Dist. of Post Glacial Mammals Cave Hunting (Macmillan), Dawkins,W.B. 1874 Royal Institution of South Wales Rep. 14-15, 1919-20. Archaeological finds Bulletin of Board of Celtic Studies. 6, 200 1932. Find of Roman Coins British Caver 4, 13-19 Proc.Swansea Sci. Field and Nat. Soc. 2, 221-246, 1944. Location, description and archaeology British Caver 17, 36-43, 1947 Gower Caves (Welsh Guides), Allen and Rutter, , 1948 Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.1, pp.22-23 Minchin Hole - Recent Excavations Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.3, p.14 Excavations at Minchin Hole, 1950 British Caver 21, 73-79, 1950 Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.4, p.26 Minchin Hole Excavations, 1951 Cullingford,C.H.D. (1951), Exploring Caves, pp.53-54 Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.5, p.34 Minchin Hole Excavations 1952 Taylor, M. Clague, Gower Vol.6, p.35 Cave Hunting in Gower Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.6, p.42 Minchin Hole Excavations 1953 Britain Underground, 1953 Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.8, p.52 Minchin Hole Excavations - 1955 R[utter], J.G., Gower Vol.9, pp.26-27 Minchin Hole, 1956 Rutter, J.G., Gower Vol.10, p.57 Minchin Hole Excavation, 1957 S.Wales Evening Post, 1 Nov, 1955, Evidence of many inhabitants in Minchin Hole: Nun lived as hermit in solitude of Gower cave British Caving (Routledge, Kegan Paul) Cullingford,C.H.D., 2nd Ed. 1962 Caves in Wales and the Marches (Dalesman), Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M., 1963. Location description and brief details. The Caves of Gower (Gower Society),Grenfell,H and Morris, B, 1971, p.16 Bowen, D.Q., Gower Vol.24, pp.12-18 The Excavation at Minchin Hole 1973 Trans BCRA 4(4), pp.441-442, 1977, C.J.O.Harrison, Non-Passerine Birds of the Ipswichian Interglacial from Gower Caves Caves of South Wales, Stratford, T., 1995
Gazetteer of Human Remains in Caves
Davies, M, 1993, Caves of the South Gower Coast: an archaeological assessment NT Heritage record Brendan Marris Caves of the South Gower Coast BGS Archives: BCRA/201W/B/22 , 1938-1955
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