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Little Hoyle Cave and Longbury Bank Dark Age Site is a prehistoric cave and associated Dark Age settlement located in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The cave itself contains evidence of occupation spanning multiple periods, with prehistoric material indicating use from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods onwards. The site's significance derives from the stratified deposits that have yielded artefactual evidence of sustained human activity across these prehistoric phases, contributing to understanding of early settlement patterns in south-west Wales. The Dark Age occupation phase represents a later phase of activity at this naturally sheltered location, demonstrating the longstanding appeal of the cave as a focus for human habitation through successive periods of prehistory and into the early medieval period.
Little Hoyle Cave and Longbury Bank Dark Age Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE428. View the official record →
Little Hoyle Cave and Longbury Bank Dark Age Site is a prehistoric cave and associated Dark Age settlement located in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE428.
Little Hoyle Cave and Longbury Bank Dark Age Site dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cave. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Little Hoyle Cave and Longbury Bank Dark Age Site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is PE428.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including First World War Practice Trenches, Penally Range (1.4 km), Whitewell (1.9 km), The Old Palace, Lydstep (3 km).
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