| Craig Y Nos Quarry Cave (Cave)
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| Location | SN 84168 15016. Northern Outcrop - West (Black Mountain), Powys | Updated |
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| Elevation (m) | 259 | Length (m) |
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| OS Map No. 1:50000 |
160 | 1:25000 |
OL12 | 1:10000 |
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| Access | Cave entrance up on shoulder in Craig Y Nos Quarry. The cave is situated in an old quarry on the West side of the Swansea to Sennybridge road, just before Craig-y-Nos Castle. The entrance is about one third of the way up the quarry on a shoulder dividing two of the quarry faces. |
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| Description | About 300 metres long. A squeeze on the left of the entrance passage leads to the main system which consists of large passages filled with clay and boulders. | ||||
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| Bibliography | British Caver, Volume 25, 1954, Page 27 Caves of South Wales, 1995, Page 95 Jenkins, D.W. & Williams, A.M. Caves of Wales and the Marches. Dalesman. 1st Ed.1963, P.26 SWCC Newsletter, 1949 SWCC, Our Caves No. 6, 1953, Page 17 |
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| Survey | SWCC 1953 | ||||
| Found / Dug By | Found in 1939 and re-visited by SWCC in 1949 | ||||
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