South Wales Caves

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Dan Yr Ogof photos and information

Dan Yr Ogof photo set
Dan Yr Ogof is an extensive and well decorated cave
that can be explored by cavers for over 15km beyond
the showcave that is open to the public.

Cwm Dwr photos and information

Cwm Dwr photo set
Cwm Dwr is the middle entrance to the vast Ogof
Ffynnon Ddu cave system to which it connects and
offers a variety of sporting caving trips in the system.

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1 (OFD 1) photos and information

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1 photo set OFD 1
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 1 is the lower entrance to the OFD
cave system, and it was from this entrance that the
original explorers first entered the largest cave in Wales.

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 2 (OFD 2) photos and information

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 2 photo set OFD 2
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu 2 is the top entrance to the OFD
cave system, and is very popular as a large network of
flood free passages can be explored in all weather.

Tunnel Cave photos and information

Tunnel Cave photo set
Tunnel Cave is located on the hill above Dan Yr Ogof
and a series of pitches and climbs lead into the tall rifty
passages that eventually lead into Cathedral Showcave.

Cathedral Cave photos and information

Cathedral Cave photo set
Cathedral showcave contains a vast chamber that
is open to the public and beyond this section of cave
you can access the lower section of Tunnel Cave.

Ogof Yr Ardd photos and information

Ogof Yr Ardd photo set
Ogof Yr Ardd is a rarely visited cave that has formed
just below the gritstone caprock. The cave is noted
for the friable rock and the tightness of the passages.

Cwm Dwr Two photos and information

Cwm Dwr 2 photo set
Despite it's proximity to SWCC this is rarely visted.
A sump about 30m from the entrance can be drained
to give access to a ladder pitch to a long streamway.

Powell's Cave photos and information

Powell's Cave photo set
Powell's cave is a short section of impressive sized
phreatic passage that has been truncated at either end.
This would have originally been part of the OFD System.
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