Bennett's Cave

Bennett's Cave
Coordinates36°07′12.4″N 5°20′31.9″W / 36.120111°N 5.342194°W / 36.120111; -5.342194

Bennett's Cave is a cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It forms part of the Gorham's Cave complex which have been nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Site status.[1]

Description

Bennett's Cave is one of four caves which together make up the Gorham's Cave complex which has been nominated to become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The other caves are Vanguard, Gorham's and Hyaena Cave.[2] Bennett's cave, like the other three, has been gradually filled with sand that has been blown in over thousands of years. These sands fall and over time they build up to remarkable depths. In the case of Vanguard Cave and Gorham's Cave the deposits are more than seventeen metres deep. Because of this the layers of sand record the environment from 15,000 to 55,000 years ago when the area was very different. In the past, the sea level was lower and the shoreline was over 4,500 metres from the caves whereas today it is very close.[3]

The cave is listed in the Gibraltar Government's Heritage and Antiquities Act 2018.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Revealed: Britain's best historical treasures". MSN Travel. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  2. ^ "UK Tentative List of Potential Sites for World Heritage Nomination: Application form" (PDF). UK Government. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. ^ Goreham's Cave complex, UNESCO tentative list, retrieved 4 August 2014
  4. ^ "Heritage and Antiquities Act 2018" (PDF). Gibraltat Gov Records. 2018 – via Government of Gibraltar.


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