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This cave was possibly used by Chartist's from Tredegar to manufacture pikes and possibly basic firearms for use in the planned taking of Newport in late 1839. Such weapons were made and secreted here, in the very back of the cave, in a spot unknown to the authorities and difficult to locate if unfamiliar with the area.

After the failed uprising some victims shot by the soldiery may have been buried here (human bones of maybe three individuals dated to the 1830's were excavated in 1970).

Our democracy is in part built on the bones of such men.