Monmouthshire
, Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)
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Pothole
Access
Free access. On land previously owned by the Coal Board, in an old quarry above the railway at Gallows Green, Cwmavon, Blaenavon. Locally known as Jackdaw's Quarry. In the quarry face, 15m above the floor.
Description
A tight entrance in a small buttress leads to a 15m pot, very tight at the top, blocked at the bottom, with boulders. Strong Draught. Length 20m
History
Dug by Brynmawr CC and Cwmbran CC, 1976
Hydrology
Conservation
Survey
Llanelly Diggers 1990
Cwmbran CC and Draenen Diggers, 1996 [Elev. in Descent 134]
Isca CC, 1988
References
Caves of South Wales, Stratford, T., 1995
Descent 134, 1997, p.8, Ali Garman, Jackdaw Cave
Caves and Caving 75, Summer 1997, pp.14, Disappointment at Jackdaw Quarry Pot
Isca Jl.9, p21, Keith Jones, Jackdaw Quarry Pot, 1988
