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Mumbles Hill is a hill near the south eastern tip of the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Parts of the hill form a designated Local Nature Reserve, declared in 1991.
Defensive gunnery positions were built on the hill in World War II. Remnants of the 623rd Anti-Aircraft Battery gun emplacements and control bunker are still visible on the hill.
Coastal Defence Battery 299 had a site on a hill with 6 inch gun and underground magazines, though none of this remains on the hill. However there are information boards marking the spot.
External links
- City and County of Swansea: Mumbles Hill
- BBC South West Wales: Mumbles Hill Local Nature Reserve
- Swancam: Mumbles Hill
- Mumbles Matters online: Mumbles - A Historical Perspective
- A History of Mumbles: by Oystermouth Historical Association, 'Mumbles Hill, A Ramble Through Time', from prehistory to the present day
Geographical areas Beaches
listed clockwiseBracelet Bay • Limeslade Bay • Rotherslade • Langland Bay • Caswell Bay • Brandy Cove • Pwlldu Bay • Hunts Bay • Pobbles Bay • Three Cliffs Bay • Tor Bay • Oxwich Bay • Slade Bay • Horton Beach • Port Eynon Beach • Mewslade Bay • Fall Bay • Rhossili Bay (Llangennith Sands) • Burry Holms • Blue Pool Bay • Broughton Bay • Whiteford Sands
Villages in Gower Bishopston • Burry Green • Caswell • Cheriton • Crofty • Gowerton • Horton • Ilston • Kittle • Knelston • Landimore • Langland • Llanddewi • Llangennith • Llanmadoc • Llanmorlais • Llanrhidian • Llethryd • Middleton • Murton • Newton • Nicholaston • Oldwalls • Overton • Oxwich • Oxwich Green • Parkmill • Penclawdd • Pennard • Penmaen • Penrice • Pitton • Pitton Green • Port Eynon • Reynoldston • Rhossili • Slade • Scurlage • Southgate • Three Crosses • Upper Killay
Prehistoric sites Arthur's Stone • Parc Cwm long cairn • Paviland Cave
Castles Loughor Castle • Oxwich Castle • Oystermouth Castle • Pennard Castle • Penrice Castle
Lighthouses Mumbles Lighthouse • Whiteford Lighthouse
Cuisine of Gower • Gower Society • Gower Ornithological Society • Parc le BreosCoordinates: 51°34′08″N 3°59′07″W / 51.5688°N 3.9852°W
Categories:- Nature reserves in Swansea
- Gower Peninsula
- Hills of Swansea
- Mountains and hills of south Wales
- Swansea geography stubs
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