Ogof Dydd Byraf is a cave which extends under Esclusham Mountain in the north-east Wales from its entrance in the south face of the Minera Limeworks quarry. It was originally discovered and explored in 1964 by the Wrexham Caving Club, before it was merged into the North Wales Caving Club.[2]
| Ogof Dydd Byraf | |
|---|---|
 Cavers climbing the side of Minera quarry to reach the entrance | |
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| Location | Wrexham County Borough, Wales |
| OS grid | SJ 2546 5201 |
| Coordinates | 53°03′37″N 3°06′49″W / 53.060163°N 3.113618°W |
| Length | 750 metres (2,460 ft) |
| Elevation | 340 metres (1,120 ft) |
| Discovery | 1964 |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Access | contact North Wales Caving Club |
| Translation | cave of the shortest day |
| Registry | Cambrian Cave Registry[1] |
After a short series of mined passages there is a narrow 10 metre pitch into the main levels consisting of a series of well-decorated galleries. Some of the passages come very close to the cave Ogof Llyn Du whose access is blocked by a deep and difficult sump.
Over the years this cave had been under threat by the quarry operations,[3] but it is now protected as an SSSI.[4] and owned by North Wales Wildlife Trust[5]
References
edit- ^ "Ogof Dydd Byraf". Cambrian Cave Registry. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ "Caving history - North Wales caving clubs".
- ^ "Ogof Dydd Byraf". Descent (24). July 1973. ISSN 0046-0036.
- ^ "Minera quarry trust - Caves". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009.
- ^ Forgrave, Andrew (30 May 2018). "Historic Wrexham quarry is reborn as one of largest nature reserves in North Wales". northwales. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
Bibliography
edit- Appleton, Peter (1989). "Limestones and Caves of North Wales". In Ford, Trevor D. (ed.). Limestones and Caves of Wales. Cambridge University Press. pp. 233–7. ISBN 0-521-32438-6.
- Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R., Goldie, H.S. (1997). Karst and Caves of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, UK. pp. 262–4. ISBN 0-412-78860-8.
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