Ogof Craig a Ffynnon, Craig a Ffynnon, Rock and Fountain Cave, Ogof Craig-a-Ffynnon, Ogof Craig-ar-Ffynnon, Ogof Craig a'r Ffynnon
NGR: SO 22011 12873 259 m.asl
Monmouthshire
, Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)
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Active
Cave
Access
Situated on the North Western side of the Gorge in old quarry workings directly above the Rock and Fountain Inn. Current Access arrangements
Description
A large cave which progresses deep into the Llangattock mountain and comes close to parts of the Daren Cilau system.
A short crawl leads to a series of well decorated chambers and phreatic passages. Cave water resurges at Ogof Capel and Rock and Fountain Springs.
History
J.Parker and J.Hill; named after a nearby pub of the same name (finally closed 2016)
Hydrology
Traced from Eglwys Faen (St Patrick's 3d, Inner Choke 14 days) and to Ogof Capel and Limekiln Springs (NW Inlet <6 hrs, Promised Land 1 day, Lower Series <1 day) and Rock & Fountain (Hall of Mountain King 6hr)
A Caver's View of the Clydach River (Cwmbran Caving Club, 1986), Schuurmans, T.
Caves of South Wales, Stratford, T., 1995
Martyn Farr, Darkworld (1997)
Selected Caves of Britain and Ireland, 1997
Geomorphology, 134, pp.79-93, Farrant, Andrew R. and Smart, Peter L., Role of sediment in speleogenesis; sedimentation and paragenesis [paragenetic gallery, blind passages and aven]
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