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    Rhossili (Welsh: Rhosili; Welsh pronunciation) is both a small village and a community on the southwestern tip of the Gower Peninsula in Wales. It is within...
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  • Rhossili village and not far from Rhossili Bay. It has a much-used village hall. Lanes lead south to Fall Bay and Mewslade, and north across Rhossili...
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    The highest point of Gower is The Beacon at Rhossili Down at 193 metres (633 ft) overlooking Rhossili Bay. Pwll Du and the Bishopton Valley form a statutory...
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    ridge of high land, is the backbone of the Gower Peninsula. Rhossili Down, Hardings Down and Llanmadoc Hill are up to 193 metres (633 ft) high. The highest...
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  • located in the Gower. Moor Lane leads westwards to a caravan park near Rhossili Bay and Burrows Lane leads northwards to a caravan park overlooking Broughton...
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  • identified. GGAT PRN not yet identified. Cadw SAM: GM476: Burnt Mound on Rhossili Down coflein NPRN: not yet identified. GGAT PRN: 00018w. Cadw Scheduled Monument...
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    The highest point of Gower is The Beacon at Rhossili Down at 193 metres (633 ft) overlooking Rhossili Bay. Pwll Du and the Bishopton Valley form a statutory...
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    Penrice Stables and Underhill Cottage Pwll Du Head and Bishopston Valley Rhossili Down Rose Cottage, Llethrid Sluxton Marsh, Whitemoor Whiteford Burrows, Landimore...
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  • in Gower. The lowermost strata are exposed at the back of Rhossili Bay beneath Rhossili Down. Overlying these are the brown sandstones with thin mudstones...
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  • International Airport and the National Trust's Old Rectory cottage in Rhossili Bay On 1 February 2011 filming returned to the Coal Exchange in Cardiff...
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    carried out within the then chemical defence experimental station, Porton Down, a device containing anthrax was tested on the beach at Penclawdd, South...
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  • Porlock Bay Bridgwater Bay Weston Bay Ladye Bay Cardiff Bay Swansea Bay Rhossili Bay Carmarthen Bay St Bride's Bay Fishguard Bay Newport Bay Cardigan Bay...
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    Scotland" (from Edinburgh Castle in Scotland), and "Bread of Heaven" (from Rhossili Beach in Wales – sung in English). These were inter-cut with footage of...
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    property ownership.. Retrieved 4 March 2016 National Trust web page for Rhossili and south Gower. See also interactive maps of NT property ownership.. Retrieved...
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    Stuart mysteriously disappeared before Christmas 1919. When police tracked down Shotton in 1920 they feared he had murdered Mamie Stuart, but were unable...
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    Abersychan A465 at Govilon A465 at Llanfoist By way of Blaenavon B4247 Rhossili A4118 in Scurlage via Pitton. Originally ran from Blaenavon to Govillion...
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    of Paviland – was discovered in a coastal cave between Port Eynon and Rhossili, on the Gower Peninsula. The 'lady' has been radiocarbon dated to c. 29...
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    coast and the western part of its southern coast between Oxwich Bay and Rhossili Bay. Also in its care are fragments of the coasts of Anglesey and Llŷn...
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    which is approachable on foot at low tide only. The beaches of Gower (at Rhossili, for example) and North Devon, such as Croyde and Woolacombe, win awards...
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  • 1968 to over two million by the time of its centenary in 1995, much of it down to the Trust's employment of a director of public relations, as recommended...
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    the shore at an angle, pick up sediment (sand) on the shore and carry it down the beach at an angle (this is called swash). Due to gravity, the water then...
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    Retrieved 30 October 2022. "Swansea council leader David Phillips steps down". BBC News. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2022. "Rob Stewart set to...
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    unstable path down to the beach. The beach is covered fully at high tide and takes its name from a large, natural rockpool. Rhossili Bay is nearby. Since...
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    explosives to demolish it, in the new millennium the structure was knocked down and replaced with concrete terracing. On the top level of the terrace is...
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  • Her four crew were rescued. John  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Rhossili Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Llanelli to Swansea...
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  • State Description Eliza and Jane  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in Rhossili Bay with the loss of all three crew. Jeremiah  United Kingdom The sloop...
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    frost-free climate is required when the curd is developing. The area around Rhossili is an important supply area. Thousands of cases of cauliflowers are transported...
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    Dublin. Strafed by Luftwaffe six miles northwest of Helwick Lighthouse, Rhossili. 21 March 1941 (1941-March-21) Irish Shipping was formed as a company 51%...
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    in Park Royal, London, to a Welsh mother, Winifred Violet Saville, from Rhossili, Gower Peninsula, and an English father, John Edward Saville, from Chiswick...
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    Evolution. 6 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1080/08927014.1994.9523007. Gulls’ gobbets on Rhossili seashore Jessica's Nature Blog. Retrieved 2011-12-12. Banded Wedge Shell...
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