Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Potter`s Cave
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Cave (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cave
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 11 September 1986
- Community
- Tenby
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.64173, -4.68439
- SAM number
- PE424
- Cadw record number
- 2733
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 245 Pembroke (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of a cave containing archaeological deposits, dating to the palaeolithic period. The cave opens onto a small terrace c 20m above OD in the limestone cliff of the north coast of Caldey Island. The north facing entrance of the cave is 1m wide, 2m high situated half way up a cliff face. The main cave extends 4m into the rock and a smaller passage extends a further 2m. It has been excavated, which revealed Palaeolithic flint artefacts as well as mesolithic implements. Neolithic flint and pottery, and pottery belonging to Beaker and Iron Age periods were also found.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement, ritual and funerary practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Ty GwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nanna's CaveCaveunder 1 mi
- The ForgeIndustrialunder 1 mi
- St Peter's and St Joseph'sDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.