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Hoyle's Mouth

Near Tenby, Pembrokeshire

A woodland cave used by Ice Age hunters.

Hoyle's Mouth is a cave in the woods outside Tenby. Excavations found flint tools left by hunters at the end of the last Ice Age, around 12,000 years ago, when Pembrokeshire was cold open tundra and the sea was far away.

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When
About 12,000 years ago
Where
51.6650, -4.7150
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Reached by a woodland path from Trellyffaint. Bring a torch.

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