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{{Short description|Beach on the Gower Peninsula in Wales}}
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[[Image:Pwlldu.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay]]
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'''Pwlldu Bay''' is a small beach on the south Gower Peninsula coast. It is one of the remotest beaches and is not easily accessible by car but there are three narrow footpaths down to the beach.
[[File:Pwlldu_Bay_from_the_east.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay 2012]]
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[[File:Pwll-Du Bay.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay]]
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[[Image:PwllduBay2007.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay from the east]]{{Inline citations|date=July 2022}}
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'''Pwlldu Bay''' or '''Pwll Du Bay''' ({{langx|cy|Bae Pwll Du}}) is a small beach on the south [[Gower Peninsula]] coast in south [[Wales]]. It is one of the more remote beaches and is not easily accessible by car, but there are several good footpaths leading to it.


There is a nearby [[gully]] called Grave's End marked by a circle of limestone rocks. A number of people from a shipwreck that was found on the bay are buried in this gully. The ship was the Caesar which was wrecked on the beach on 28th November 1760.
There is a nearby [[gully]] called Grave's End marked by a circle of limestone rocks. A number of people from a shipwreck that was found on the bay were buried in this gully. The ship was the ''Caesar'' which was wrecked on the beach on 28 November 1760.

Pwlldu means "Black Pool" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.swansea-gower.co.uk/beaches/pwlldubay.htm The Gower Information Centre: Pwlldu Bay]
*[http://www.welcometogower.co.uk/2007/08/pwldu-bay.html Welcome to Gower: Pwlldu Bay]
*[http://www.enjoygower.com/beaches/beaches08.cfm Enjoy Gower: Pwlldu Bay]
*[http://www.enjoygower.com/beaches/beaches08.cfm Enjoy Gower: Pwlldu Bay]
*[http://www.aspectsofwales.co.uk/GC5_pwllduwinter.htm Aspects of Wales: Pwlldu Bay]


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[[Category:Beaches of Wales]]


[[Category:Bays of the Gower Peninsula]]
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[[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Glamorgan]]

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Pwlldu Bay or Pwll Du Bay (Welsh: Bae Pwll Du) is a small beach on the south Gower Peninsula coast in south Wales. It is one of the more remote beaches and is not easily accessible by car, but there are several good footpaths leading to it.

There is a nearby gully called Grave's End marked by a circle of limestone rocks. A number of people from a shipwreck that was found on the bay were buried in this gully. The ship was the Caesar which was wrecked on the beach on 28 November 1760.

Pwlldu means "Black Pool" in Welsh

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51°33′48″N 4°03′21″W / 51.5634°N 4.0557°W / 51.5634; -4.0557

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