
What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Goat's Hole Cave, Paviland as Cave from the Palaeolithic period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Goat's Hole Cave, Paviland is a coastal limestone cave formed through natural processes of erosion and dissolution typical of karst landscapes. It is historically significant as the site where the "Red Lady of Paviland" – a human skeleton stained with red ochre – was discovered in 1823, later identified as one of the earliest known anatomically modern human remains in Europe, dating to the Upper Palaeolithic period.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
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Photo: Jeremy Bolwell · CC BY-SA 2.0