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Cefnstylle Quarry
Name Cefnstylle Quarry
Rock Type Quarried Sandstone
Parent Crag
Climbing Type Sport
Located Gower
Lat/Long 51° 38' 48", -4° 3' 54"
Approach Time (mins) 5
Faces North East
Seepage Yes
Suitable Weather Dry Weather
Midges No
Tidal No
Climbing Possible
Access Notes
Access Restricted
Start Bird Ban
Bird Ban End
Bird Ban Notes
Restriction Notes Abandoned quarry
Crag List Cefnstylle Quarry
Contents

South East Wales Sandstone

Cefnstylle - Gower's only sandstone crag

GR SS 572963

BOLTING POLICY

PREAMBLE

A quite small and very obscure sandstone quarry near Gowerton. The crag is a little over 12 metres in height and 35 metres wide. It is covered over by trees and overgrown in places.

Gower's only sandstone crag and worth a visit for the curious.

The place could yield more routes and be a source of evening entertainment for jaded Swansea/Gowerton locals who like no more than a 3 minute walk in.

Probably not applicable in such an obscure venue but kindly wear out your own quickdraws not the belays if top roping.

ACCESS

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Take the B4295 west along the North Gower from Gowerton for about 1 mile to an unmarked road on the left by a telephone box and a row of houses. On the right is a row of houses and, just after the last house and as the tree canopy over the road starts to close, head up the bank on the right side of the road and walk up an overgrown track for about 30 metres.

DESCENTS

Lower offs partly renewed. Short 30m rope ok.

THE ROUTES

  1. Twinky's Amazing Gnarly Old Crenellated Foreskin - Fr.5+****
    The left hand line starting at the large flake. Belay crab needed (stolen already). Only an early repeat will validate the amazing quality of this route

  2. Winky’s Amazing Technicolour Tracksuit - Fr.6b+
    A line past 3 BR's to a LO and top bolt shared with next route. 11m.

  3. An Old Bolt Line - Fr.6b+
    1m right, 3 BR's,shared last bolt and LO. 11m.

  4. Rock A Block - Fr.5+
    Gain the diagonal breakline follow it to finish at either lower off. 11/15m

  5. Peg Scare - HVS,4c
    No details supplied, the peg may emerge from under the ivy once stripped. Your guess is as good as mine. 11m.

First Ascents

  1. R.Thomas G.Ashmore 28.09.2013
  2. M.Richards 00.00.1996
  3. Unknown Pre-1996
  4. M.Richards 00.00.1996
  5. M.Richards, J.Brown 17.06.1996

Facts about "Cefnstylle Quarry"
AccessStatusRestricted +
ApproachTime5 +
ClimbingTypeSport +
ClimbingWeatherDry Weather +
CragNameCefnstylle Quarry +
FacingNorth East +
Lat/Long51° 38' 48", -4° 3' 54"Latitude: 51.646625
Longitude: -4.064993
+
LocatedInAreaGower +
Midgesfalse +
RestrictionTextAbandoned quarry +
RockTypeQuarried Sandstone +
Seepagetrue +
Tidalfalse +