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Gower Field Guide

South West coast of Gower, seen from Port Eynon westwards to Worm's Head, Rhosili


A field guide to the solid geology of the Gower Peninsula

by Ted Nield

Contents


Introduction
  • How to use this guide
  • Equipment and safety
I Gower - A part of Earth History
  • Constant process, changing world
  • Looking at rocks - succession and structure 
  • Between the coalfield and the channel 
  • The story of the rocks
II The structure of Gower - five guided tours
  • A stroll along the prom (Swansea Bay)
  • All that you survey (Cefn Bryn) 
  • Caswell Bay 
  • Three Cliffs Bay 
  • Rhosili
III Other sites of Geological Interest
  • Introduction
  • Misfit streams and vanished rivers 
  • Pwll Du and the quarrymen of Gower 
  • Paviland Cave; Dr Buckland's scarlet woman 
  • Port Eynon and T.N.George
Acknowledgements and suggested further reading

Glossary

This Guide is listed on: "Wales on the Web" and by the City and County of Swansea


Picture - the South West coast of Gower, seen from Port Eynon westwards to Worm's Head, Rhosili. The blade-like promontory in the middle distance is The Knave. One of the wildest cliff stretches in Britain. Photo - Ted Nield.