All Slade Mine

Location
Grid Reference: SS 5851 8758

Brandy Cove

Description
Filled in some time after 1961 although someone seems to have re-opened it recently, probably as an archaeological dig. 200m of the mine are now open, see Descent 225.

Length: 200m

Access
Sea level adit gated by diggers.

History
Mine opened in 1851 although the area appears to have been worked by the Romans. In 1961 the body of a murder victim from 1919 was found in the mine.

References and Further Reading
The Caves Of Gower, Tony Oldham