Archaeological evidence shows that humans settled in the area during an interstadial period. The oldest known human burial in Great Britain - the Red Lady of Paviland - was discovered in a coastal cave between Port Eynon and Rhossili, on the Gower Peninsula. The 'lady' has been radiocarbon dated to c. 29,000 years before present (BP) - during the Late Pleistocene - at which time the cave overlooked an area of plain, some miles from the sea.