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Bob's Cave


NGR: SS 63479 87150
0 m.asl

Swansea , Gower
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Sea Cave
Access Located below the lighthouse on Mumbles outer head the cave is accessible at low water only.
Description A large sea cave.
History Named for Bob Jenkins, a lifeboatman who sheltered here for two days after a failed rescue in January 1883. The pirate Joseph Avery was hanged near here in 1731.
Hydrology
Conservation
Gallery

Brendan Marris
2017
Survey
References
Gower Caves, Allen,E.E. & Rutter,J.G., 1946,1948 p.50
British Caver v4 p.16
The Caves of Gower (Gower Society),Grenfell,H and Morris, B, 1971, p.16
The Gower Coast (Regional Publications, Bristol), Edmunds, George, 1979 , p 3
The Caves of Gower, Oldham, T., 2002 p.12
Brendan Marris Caves of the South Gower Coast
Cambrian Cave Registry entry 1873
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