Foxhole Slade

Nearest town:
Burry Port (15km NNW)
OS reference:
SS43848601
OS sheet:
159
Latitude:
51° 33' 2.91 N
Longitude:
4° 15' 9.31 W
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Image of Foxhole Slade (Cave / Rock Shelter) by thesweetcheat

Foxhole Slade cave seen obliquely from the Coast Path. Goat’s Hole cave is round the cliffs beyond, turn right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.4.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 9, 2015
Image of Foxhole Slade (Cave / Rock Shelter) by thesweetcheat

A much narrower, semi-blocked passage appears to head off from the back of the cave. That’s where the Goblin City is. I didn’t investigate.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.4.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 9, 2015
Image of Foxhole Slade (Cave / Rock Shelter) by thesweetcheat

The cave is quite shallow, but has a flat terrace in front of it so quite a nice place to sit and flake some new arrowheads or whatever.

Image credit: A. Brookes (4.4.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 9, 2015

Articles

Foxhole Slade

C
CARL Oct 1, 2013

Visited 30.9.13

Directions:
From Paviland Cave head up the ravine (with the drystone wall running along it) and Foxhole Slade is in the cliff face on the left. Easy to find although access is over loose stones.

This was the most substantial of the caves I visited / saw today. The cave is clearly still used as a shelter judging by the recent camp fire which had been made there. This would certainly be a good place to sit out a storm.

Well worth a look when visiting Paviland Cave.

Miscellaneous

Foxhole Slade
Cave / Rock Shelter
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2012

Coflein description:

Superficially a 5m wide, 2m-3m deep rock shelter, the cave can in fact be traced back through a narrow opening as a passage 20m or so in length. It proved to contain a sequence of deposits, possibly several metres in thickness, filling the cave almost to its roof, though the sequence had been disturbed by an ancient badger set.

Partial examination produced evidence of early-mesolithic occupation from a scree deposit overlying the Pleistocene deposit. There is potential for recovery of undisturbed palaeolithic material at greater depth.

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Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Apr 2015

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