Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - The Bristol Channel District Guide - selected articles - [1934 Edition] . . . .

Just after passing under the Suspension Bridge, ana apperture in the rocks, with railings in front, will be noticed. This known as the Giant's Cave. But it is also the reputed site of a hermitage chapel, dedicated to St. Vincent of Valencia, which existed in the middle ages.

Thus we have the name , St. Vincent Rocks, from two problematic sources. In 1804 a gang of robbers was captured in the Cave, which at that time could only be approached by a narrow and dangerous ledge along the face of the rocks. Somehow, or other the robbers had contrived to comfortably furnish the place with chairs and a table. Four men were engaged in frying eggs and bacon when caught, and two women companions had been sent along the declivity to fetch beer. To-day the Cave can be reached through a narrow tunnel passage from the Observatory which stands on the summit of the cliff.