Caves in Wales Caves in Wales Dan yr Ogof is a 15km long cave system in south Wales, and is the main feature of a show cave complex (advertised as The National Showcaves Centre for Wales) which is claimed to be the largest in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dan yr Ogof"
Ogof Craig a Ffynnon ( Welsh for "Rock and Fountain Cave") is a cave in Wales. The cave is about 13 km in length, making it currently the sixth longest known cave in Wales and the thirteenth longest cave in the United Kingdom. The cave is renowned as one of the most well-decorated caves in Britain. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ogof Craig a Ffynnon"
Ogof Draenen ( Welsh for Hawthorn Cave) is, at 66 km (official figure; the true length of passage is still being revised upward), the longest cave system in Wales and the second longest in Britain (after the Easegill System in Yorkshire). ...more on Wikipedia about "Ogof Draenen"
Ogof Ffynnon Ddu ( Welsh for Cave of the Black Spring) is a cave located under a hillside in the Upper Swansea Valley in Wales. At 308 metres (1,010 feet) deep and 48 kilometres (28 miles) long, it is the deepest cave in the UK and the second longest in Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ogof Ffynnon Ddu"
Ogof Hen Ffynhonau ( Welsh for: Old Springs Cave) lies in the Alyn Gorge, North Wales close to Ogof Hesp Alyn. It was discovered in 1978 after excavation allowed access to Dyer's Adit. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ogof Hen Ffynhonau"
Ogof Hesp Alyn ( Welsh for: Dry Alyn Cave) was discovered by North Wales Caving Club in 1973 in the Alyn Gorge near Cilcain, Flintshire, North Wales. With more recent discoveries, the length of cave passage totals 2 kilometres extending over a vertical range of about 90m. The entrance would have functioned as a rising prior to the lowering of local water levels by mine drainage. As drainage only took place in the early 20th century, Ogof Hesp Alyn provides a valuable opportunity to study a cave system developed almost entirely by a phreatic processes which remains largely unmodified by vadose streams. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ogof Hesp Alyn"
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