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Mineral Extraction Site, Limeslade

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 06523w
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Mumbles
Unitary authority : Swansea
NGR : SS6255387149
Site Type (preferred type first) : Multiperiod Mineral Extraction Site

Summary :
The Iron Ore (Manganese Oxide) vein that outcrops at Limeslade has been identified by chemical analysis as the most probable site of the Red Ochre associated with the Red Lady burial at Goat Hole Cave in Foxhole Slade, Paviland

Description :
The Iron Ore (Manganese Oxide) vein that outcrops at Limeslade has been identified by chemical analysis as the most probable site of the Red Ochre associated with the Red Lady burial at Goat Hole Cave in Foxhole Slade, Paviland (04671w & 00118w; See: Paviland Cave and the Red Lady, Tyler: Chapter 7, page 132)

Apparently this vein of ore, which extends right through Mumbles Hill, was worked out in the 19th or early 20th century. Only a few traces of ore in a malleable and readily usable form remain in the exposed seams outcropping at Limeslade Bay. There are also a few beach pebbles containing mineralised ore.

(Graham 2012)

Sources :
Cooper, J , 2012 , Limeslade.

Events :
E002146 : Mineral Extraction Site, Limeslade (GGAT 103 Arfordir) (year : 2012)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 04671w
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00118w

Compiled date : 22-03-2012


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