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{{Short description|Beach on the Gower Peninsula in Wales}} |
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[[File:Pwlldu_Bay_from_the_east.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay 2012]] |
[[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]] |
[[File:Pwll-Du Bay.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay]] |
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[[Image:PwllduBay2007.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay from the east]] |
[[Image:PwllduBay2007.jpg|thumb|right|Pwlldu Bay from the east]]{{Inline citations|date=July 2022}} |
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'''Pwlldu Bay''' |
'''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. |
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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. |
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. |
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Pwlldu means "Black Pool" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] |
Pwlldu means "Black Pool" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] |
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{{Gower Peninsula}} |
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[[Category:Bays of the Gower Peninsula]] |
[[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