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Llanelly Quarry Pot, Llanelly Quarry Pothole


NGR: SO 22468 12408
270 m.asl

Monmouthshire , Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)
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Active Pothole
Access The cave lies in the far right hand corner of the quarry.
Description A sizeable cave with a long streamway which reappears in Shakespeare's Cave further down the gorge. The rift near the entrance is narrow and there is danger from loose rocks near the entrance.
History M.Davies, BNSSS, 1963; Llanelly Diggers discovered streamway after digging from 1986-1988
Hydrology Dye tested from sink to uppstream main inlet in 24 hours; also to Shakespeare's Cave
Conservation SSSI: 0381 Cwm Clydach (Mixed)
Gallery

Brendan Marris
2010
Survey
Belfry Bulletin 1, (190), 2-5, 1963
HCC (1987)
Descent 85, 1988
CSS nl 59(10), p.85, Totem Aven
References
Belfry Bulletin 1, (190), 2-5, 1963. A new cave near Brecon
AxCG nl. Sep 1964 p.92, C.Graham, Combined Ops. in Llanelly Pot
SWCC Newsletter 52, Mel Davies Recent Cave Discoveries in S Wales, in 3. Llanelly Quarry Pothole, 1966
Cwmbran CC Journal, 1 (4), Mar. 1969, Russell Pope, Dig in Llanelly Quarry Pot
A Caver's View of the Clydach River (Cwmbran Caving Club, 1986), Schuurmans, T.
Soft Rocks and Hard Mud, Descent 85, pp.20-23 (1988), Phil Checketts, Ashley Dickenson, Mike Green
CDG nl.91 (1989)
CSS nl 59(10), pp.84-85, Mike Green, Return to Totem Aven
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