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Ogof Yr Esgyrn, Ogof-yr-esgyrn, Yr Ogof, Yr Ogof Ganol, Bone Cave


NGR: SN 83793 16077
308 m.asl

Powys , Northern Outcrop - West (Black Mountain)
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Cave
Access Permission to explore this cave must be obtained from the Dan-yr-Ogof Cave Manager. A footpath leads to the entrance of the cave which is in the cliff above Dan-yr-Ogof.
Description A large square entrance leads to a circular chamber from which there is a tight connection to Step Cave. A significant Archaeological site, excavated extensively in 1938
History Nat.Mus.Wales, 1923; E.J.Mason
Hydrology
Conservation SSSI: 0854 Mynydd Du (Mixed) GCR: 557 Biological records
Gallery

Brendan Marris
2008
Survey
T.Mason. CRG Transactions 1 (4). 1-18, 1950. Plan and section; BCRA, 1977
References
Arch.Camb. pp.113-124" (1924), A Cave at Craig-y-Nos, Abercrave, Breconshire, R.H.D'Elboux
British Caver 3, 52-60, 1938
British Caver 3, 90-92, 1938
British Caver 4, 22-35, 1939
British Caver 76-79, 1940
British Caver 9, 82-86, 1942
British Caver 18, 90-93, 1948
CRG Newsletter 19, 14-15, 1948. Excavations
Bath & Camerton Archaeological Society Camertonia, 1, 29-33, 1950, Betty Newman, Mainly about Ogof yr Esgyrn
CRG Transactions 1 (4). 1-18, 1950. Archaeology and survey
Britain Underground, 1953
Arch.Camb. pp.46,49" (1958), in The Late Bronze Age in Wales, H.N.Savory
Caves in Wales and the Marches (Dalesman), Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M., 1st Ed.1963
BCRA Transactions, Volume 4, No's 1 & 2, March 1977
Gazetteer of Human Remains in Caves
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Cambrian Cave Registry entry 285
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