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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Paviland like this:
PAVILAND, a hamlet in Penmaen parish, Glamorgan; on the coast, 11 miles W S W of Swansea. Two caves are here in bold limestone cliffs, very difficult of access, and found, in 1823, to contain bones of elephant, rhinoceros, bear, fox, hyena, wolf, horse. deer, ox, rats, and birds, the skeleton of a woman, coins, ornaments, and fragments of ivory. The human skeleton was probably coeval with a neighbouring British camp on the summit of the cliffs.
Paviland is now part of SWANSEA District. Click here for graphs and data of how SWANSEA has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Paviland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Paviland, in Swansea and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/22995
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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