Pwlldu Bay or Pwll Du Bay ( cy, Bae Pwll Du) is a small beach on the south

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coast in south

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. It is one of the more remote beaches and is not easily accessible by car, but there are several good footpaths leading to it. There is a nearby

gully A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces. Gullies resemble lar ...

called Grave's End marked by a circle of limestone rocks. A number of people from a shipwreck that was found on the bay were buried in this gully. The ship was the ''Caesar'' which was wrecked on the beach on 28 November 1760. Pwlldu means "Black Pool" in

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Welcome to Gower: Pwlldu BayEnjoy Gower: Pwlldu Bay
{{Gower Peninsula Bays of the Gower Peninsula Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Glamorgan