Conglomerate Cliff
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| Conglomerate Cliff | |
 Conglomerate Cliff and Eyeball Wall | |
| Rock Type | Natural Carboniferous Limestone |
|---|---|
| Climbing Style | Trad |
| Approach Time | 25 minutes |
| Area | Gower |
| Sub Area | Rhossili |
| Local Area | Fall Bay to Mewslade |
| Geodata | |
| WGS-84 Location | 51.561858, -4.285425 |
| OS Grid Ref. | SS 415 872 |
| WGS-84 Parking Location | 51.567326, -4.278292 |
| GR Parking Location | SS 421 878 |
| Parking Postcode | SA3 1PH |
| Base Elevation | 1 metres (Other) |
| General Info | |
| Faces Direction | West |
| Aspect | Partially Sunny |
| Wind Sheltered | Mostly |
| Climbing Type | Serious |
| Seepage | Quick drying |
| Crags Within 400m | |
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Block Buttress, Catacomb Gully, Cathedral Wall, Conglomerate Cliff, Devil's Truck Area, Eyeball Wall, Four Gullies, Giant's Cave, Grey Wall, Hairy Dog Wall, Jacky's Tor, King Wall, Lewes Castle, Little Block, Molar Wall and White Edge, Rolly Bottom Buttress, The Aisle, The Prows, The Pulpit, Trident Gully and Ridge, Upper Jacky's Tor, Yellow Wall, Zero Gully | |
Contents
TIDAL STATUS
BOLTING POLICY
No bolting.
PREAMBLE
Opposite Yellow Wall and to the left of Eyeball Wall is a black slab. This must be one of the few cliffs in Britain to be threatened by a conglomerate cornice!
You'll need to find some way of lowering off from the top of these two routes! Pegs?
ACCESS
DESCENTS
THE ROUTES
- Don't Look Up - E3,5c **
Start just right of an earthy crack on the left side of the slab. Climb to a narrow ledge, move up a steep section, PR, and continue to an abseil point, PB, TB. 22m. - A Shadow Hanging Over Me - E2,5b **
Start at the right-hand earthy crack. Climb up the crack then step out left onto the slab. Go up a short steep crack until moves over calcite encrustations, 2PR, lead to the steep upper section. Abseil off. 22m.
First Ascents
- Don't Look Up - R.Thomas, J.Bullock 00.00.1990
- A Shadow Hanging Over Me - R.Thomas, J.Bullock 00.00.19902
