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  • Cathole Cave was used as a shelter by bands of hunters during the latter part of the last Ice Age. It was excavated by Professor Charles McBurney and the finds from his work are stored at the National Museums & Galleries of Wales.
Cathole Cave, Gower, Stone Age shelter
  • The impressively wide entrance to the caves at Porth yr Ogof in the south of the Brecon Beacons National Park, as drawn by Henry Gastineau in 1829.
Engraving of Porth yr Ogof, 1829
  • Inside the caves at Cwm Porth near Pontneathvaughan in the south of the Brecon Beacons National Park, as drawn by E. Watson around 1830. The River Mellte flows underground through this cave system for some distance. The engraver was W. Radclyffe.
Engraving of a cave at Cwm Porth, c. 1830
  • Photographed by John Thomas. Twm Siôn Cati or Thomas Jones (c. 1530-1609) was a native of Borthyffynnon, near Tregaron. He was a poet, antiquarian and genealogist, who served as steward of the lordship of Caron. Twm Siôn Cati is best known, however, for his reputation as a highwayman or thief. A number of folk tales and myths grew around his activities, and he was dubbed, rightly or wrongly, the 'Welsh Robin Hood' who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. This cave near Llandovery in the Tywi valley is reputed to have been his hideout.
Twm Siôn Cati's cave, near Llandovery, c. 1885
  • Photographed by John Thomas. Twm Siôn Cati or Thomas Jones (c. 1530-1609) was a native of Borthyffynnon, near Tregaron. He was a poet, antiquarian and genealogist, who served as steward of the lordship of Caron. Twm Siôn Cati is best known, however, for his reputation as a highwayman or thief. A number of folk tales and myths grew around his activities, and he was dubbed, rightly or wrongly, the 'Welsh Robin Hood' who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. This cave near Llandovery in the Tywi valley is reputed to have been his hideout.
Near Twm Sion Cati's cave, Llandovery, c. 1885