Caves · South Wales
St Peter's Cave
St Peter's Cave — a cave broad in wales-south, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
St Peter's Cave is a cave broad located in wales-south, United Kingdom. Catalogued from Wikidata's UK heritage register; see the linked Wikipedia article for further details on its history, architecture and visiting information.
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Place summary
St Peter's Cave is a cave located in South Wales. It is noted for its geological features and is a site of interest for both tourists and researchers alike.
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Background
History
Evidence was found in the cave of human activity, possibly from the Upper Paleolithic, in the 1960s form of charcoal deposits which with dating confirmation would be earliest known evidence of human habitation in the Chepstow Transport Corridor area of the lower Wye valley. Blasting took place on Hardwick Cliff in the 1840s to make a cutting for the railway to Newport. This work loosened large amounts of material, causing landslips and injuries, and cutting through what might have been a connecting chamber to the cave which has since been choked with argillaceous material. The railway runs directly over the cave. In 1950, Reverend Cecil Cullingford, head teacher of Monmouth School for Boys…
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- Coordinates
- 51.6313, -2.6676
- District
- Monmouthshire
- Parish
- Chepstow
- Postcode
- NP16 5QT
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q20602261 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Peter's Cave, Chepstow (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Peter's Cave?
- St Peter's Cave is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP16 5QT), in the parish of Chepstow.
- Is St Peter's Cave free to visit?
- Yes, St Peter's Cave is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Peter's Cave?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NP16 5QT. It sits within the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency.