 CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Click your BACK button to return to this page Caves of North Wales An information resource by Cris Ebbs First on-line November 2011 - Moved to larger site August 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A request to all cavers: To help in keeping keep this site up-to-date, please, please consider sending in the results of any excavation work, even if it only adds a metre or two to any of the smaller caves. All contributions will be acknowledged. Introduction Tips on using the site: 1. Can't find the name of the cave you're looking for? Refer to the INDEX on Page 01; the cave may be listed under another name. 2. Sorry, but most photos are no longer enlargeable. Some images (mainly surveys) will enlarge by clicking and these are clearly labelled. To return to the page you left, click your browsers BACK button once. 3. Directions are in yellow 4. Warnings are in orange Anglesey caves (just a handful of uninspiring limestone caves) now have their own page. Llandudno caves also have their own page. All caves are very short, although many have archaeological importance. Cave names: Wherever possible, the first documented name of a cave has been adopted. Subsequent names are stated in the accompanying text. The exceptions are where several neighboring caves have been listed together for simplicity by this website, under group names such as Bryn Alyn Caves 1-12, Brasgyll Caves 1-8 etc. Grid references (including GPS refs. which can be subject to interference) have been cross-checked using StreetMap.co.uk.
Where possible, GPS refs. are accompanied by the margin of error as stated by the device at the time. Most are within an accuracy of +/-15 feet.
Most grid references are now clickable links (to the location on StreetMap.com). Plans or surveys are shown with north pointing to top of page....... except for original surveys of Poachers Cave, Gwaenysgor Cave and Ogof Pant-y-Wennol. Only caves (formed by nature) are described on this website. Mines are man-made and are not discussed unless providing a route to a cave that has no surface entrance. A little mining information can be found on Cris Ebbs' sister website at: https://sites.google.com/site/flintshireleadmining/ These pages provide a basic information resource on the caves of north Wales. Detailed cave descriptions are not provided, but the aim is to provide information that is as accurate as possible. If any errors are spotted, do please let Cris know (cavecomment@hotmail.co.uk). As the Internet now provides a wide variety of cave information, this site simply steers the curious in the right direction. The information is far from a complete account of North Wales caves, and can be a little out-of-date in places; the writer not now being a very active caver. Anyone wishing for further up-to-the-minute information is advised to contact one of the main caving clubs mentioned on page 26: 'Clubs & Pubs'. The website was initially based upon the book "An Introduction to the Caves of north-east Wales" (2000) by Cris Ebbs (ISBN 0 9522242 1 6) which is no longer available. Comments, suggestions, queries and additional information are welcomed. Send to Cris at: cavecomment@hotmail.co.uk Here's hoping you find these pages helpful.
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Cave Rescue In the event of an emergency......
Full details of key information to provide are given here: http://www.northwalescro.org.uk/calling-out-cave-rescue/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access to caves
Most
North Wales caves are on private land, hence it is always wise to
seek prior consent, and to respect fences and gates.
Some
of the larger caves such as those at Minera are gated, locked and
controlled by one club. Details of how to arrange a trip can be found
here: http://www.cambriancavingcouncil.org.uk/cave_access.html In the case of asking the consent of a landowner but being refused, be prepared to go elsewhere. If struggling to find the name or address of a landowner for consent, try asking Cris at the e-mail address below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cave Monitoring In the event of discovering a cave site to be under threat in any way, please feel free to contact this website at: cavecomment@hotmail.co.uk Any such cases will then be brought to the attention of the relative organisations whose progress will be reported on this site. Archaeological caves are particularly vulnerable to human activity, pollution or quarrying. We have already lost several important caves due to inaction. Please help prevent the loss of more. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most recent changes, updates or additions (minor amendments not listed) November 2018: 1959 sketch survey of Ceiriog Cave redrawn: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/03-caves-c October 2018: Ogof Tan-y-Bryn (Llandudno) - Updated with photos and sketch: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/11-caves-of-llandudno August 2018: Ogof Gwaun (5m long only) - photos added: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/07-caves-o March 2018: Trevor Hall Cave - New survey and photos added: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/09-caves-t---z March 2018: Addition of the un-inspiring Trevor Rocks Cave: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/09-caves-t---z Jan 2018: Archaeological cave conservation in North Wales - A (belated) way forward? A 4 page PDF download at very bottom of this page: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/13-archaeological-caves Dec 2017: Basic survey of Ogof Gwen Goch: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/07-caves-o Nov 2017: William Boyd Dawkins &
the Victorian Science of Cave Hunting. Published in 2017: Notes and quotes from the book: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/13-archaeological-caves Nov 2017: Brief entry and more detailed PDF for Alyn Gorge Swallows: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/15-springs-sinks-shakeholes Nov 2017: New entry: Ted's Cave, Gwernymynydd: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/09-caves-t---z Sept 2017: Addition of Lady Bagot's Cave: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/05-caves-l Sept 2017: Addition of Denbigh Castle Cave: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/04-caves-d---k July 2017: Leet Cave No.2 developments: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/05-caves-l June 2017: New PDF report on North Face Cave, Great Orme available as a free download: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/11-caves-of-llandudno March 2017: Pigeon's Cave, Llandudno: Updated: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/11-caves-of-llandudno Feb 2017: List of 'protected' Scheduled cave sites: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/13-archaeological-caves Dec 2016: New page - Cave art: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/19-cave-art Ogof Gloddaeth, Llandudno: New cave entry: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/11-caves-of-llandudno Brown Quarry Caves, Pantasaph: Updated: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/02-caves-a---b White Quarry Caves, Pantasaph: Updated: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/09-caves-t---z Afon Meirchion Cave, Upper: Updated: https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnorthwales/02-caves-a---b The following caves have also been re-visited and their entries revised, photos added or been given more accurate (GPS) national grid references..... Bedding Plane Cave, Llandudno Blodwen's Fissure (see Lost & Non-caves) Brasgyll Caves Castell Mawr Caves, Anglesey Cefn Cave
Cefn Cave, Old
Corkscrew Cave, Llandudno Dell Cave Gop Caves Gwaenysgor Cave Kendrick's Cave, Upper, Llandudno North Face Cave, Llandudno Ogof Arth, Llandudno Ogof Bys, Llandudno Ogof Colomendy Ogof Defaid, Llandudno Ogof Tudno, Llandudno Plas Heaton Cave Skeleton Cave, Llandudno Snail Cave Rock Shelter, Llandudno Tan-yr-Ogof Caves |