Black Wall

Geodata
Black Wall

Black Wall, Rhossili

Rock Type	Natural Carboniferous Limestone
Climbing Style	Sport
Approach Time	20 minutes
Area	Gower
Sub Area	Rhossili
Local Area	Rhossili Sea Level Crags
WGS-84 Location	51.569264, -4.294105
OS Grid Ref.	SS 411 880
WGS-84 Parking Location	51.569301, -4.28840
GR Parking Location	SS 415 880
Parking Postcode	SA3 1PP
Base Elevation	2 metres (Other)
General Info
Faces Direction	North
Aspect	Rarely Sunny
Wind Sheltered	Seldomly

Climbing Type	Normal
Seepage	Quick drying
Tidal
Before/After Low Tide	2.5 hours (See Note)
Crags Within a Half Mile.
Black Buttress, Black Wall, Calcite Bay, Carbon Slab, Castaway Cove, Evening Wall, Fat Lady Wall, Keel Buttress, Lewes Castle, Lifebuoy Buttress, Mermaid Wall, Platform Area, Poser Buttress, Retribution Wall, Seamen Wall, Sheepbone Wall, Shipwreck Cove, Silent Fright Buttress, Silent Walls, Sinister Sister Zawn, Sinners Walls, Trial Wall, Wedge Wall, Windy Buttress, Yellow Wall

Tidal Status

3 hours before/after low tide.

The short wall off the beach just before the shipwreck in the cove; strangely enough it's black.

This is the first climbing area you come to when approaching the Sea-Level crags from the beach.

Lower-off.

The short wall off the beach just before the shipwreck in the cove,strangely enough it's black.

Thieving Parasites - Fr. 6a
Boulder up the barnacles easier above.
Wittle Thieving Lankers - Fr. 5
Shares belay with previous,take a rock 7 if you are of a nervous disposition.
Fats Waller - Fr. 7a
Technical groove.
Route With Two Pockets - Fr. 7b
Big moves!
Black Adder - Fr. 6b+
Small then bigger holds.
This ain't Pretty - Fr. 6c+
Strongbow Flyer - Fr. 6a+
Tricky start.
Rum Thieves - Fr. 6a+
A better route.