Surveys of North Wales' Caves?!?
- Thread starter TLH
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Les W
Active member
There is a book...
Karst and Caves of Great Britain
(1997)
GCR Volume No. 12
Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R. & Goldie, H.S.
This contains some surveys of caves from all over britain including North Wales.
The book has been out of print for a while now and if you can find a copy it will cost a lot of money! (around $600.00 on Amazon
)
however...
There is an online image bank of low and hi res jpg's and a tiff file of each of the images of all the GCR publications and book 12 (the one mentioned above) is at http://www.thegcr.org.uk/ImageBank.cfm?v=12&Style=All
I think you will find images 6.24 and 6.26 useful.
There is also a book by Cris Ebbs with some line surveys in it:
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/an-introduction-to-the-caves-of-north-east-wales/2199700?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1
It looks as thouugh it is now only available as a PDF.
There is also some stuff in "Limestones and Caves of Wales Edited by: Trevor D. Ford"
The chapter on North Wales is quite extensive with surveys as well.
http://ukcaving.com/wiki/index.php/Limestones_and_Caves_of_Wales
This can still be bought from some of the caving shops and I think BCRA still has copies.
Karst and Caves of Great Britain
(1997)
GCR Volume No. 12
Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R. & Goldie, H.S.
This contains some surveys of caves from all over britain including North Wales.
The book has been out of print for a while now and if you can find a copy it will cost a lot of money! (around $600.00 on Amazon
)however...
There is an online image bank of low and hi res jpg's and a tiff file of each of the images of all the GCR publications and book 12 (the one mentioned above) is at http://www.thegcr.org.uk/ImageBank.cfm?v=12&Style=All
I think you will find images 6.24 and 6.26 useful.
There is also a book by Cris Ebbs with some line surveys in it:
http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/an-introduction-to-the-caves-of-north-east-wales/2199700?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1
It looks as thouugh it is now only available as a PDF.
There is also some stuff in "Limestones and Caves of Wales Edited by: Trevor D. Ford"
The chapter on North Wales is quite extensive with surveys as well.
http://ukcaving.com/wiki/index.php/Limestones_and_Caves_of_Wales
This can still be bought from some of the caving shops and I think BCRA still has copies.
Les W
Active member
Just for fairness I will also mention Tony's book.
The Concise Caves of North Wales by Tony Oldham.
I haven't got it myself but it does list over 250 caves with NGR's.
If it is in a similar form to the Concise Caves of Devon then it will contain some useful stuff.
It is, I believe, available from Tony (rhychydwr1 on here) on a CD and quite cheap...
The Concise Caves of North Wales by Tony Oldham.
I haven't got it myself but it does list over 250 caves with NGR's.
If it is in a similar form to the Concise Caves of Devon then it will contain some useful stuff.
It is, I believe, available from Tony (rhychydwr1 on here) on a CD and quite cheap...
RobinGriffiths
Well-known member
CCNW and Ford books as must. I think Chris Ebbs also did a publication called along the lines of 'Caves of the Alyn Valley'. I've a copy somewhere, but not near at hand.
Shepton Mallet published a booklet covering the Elwy Valley a bit further west than your area of interest. Also some stuff in Tony Jarrat's online log, but again I think this covers stuff further west.
Robin
Shepton Mallet published a booklet covering the Elwy Valley a bit further west than your area of interest. Also some stuff in Tony Jarrat's online log, but again I think this covers stuff further west.
Robin
Batmancaver
New member
Cris Ebbs did The Caves of North East Wales a few years back. The date on my copy is June 2000, but I think he was updating it as he went along.
If you still need a copy I'll send him an email and see if he is still producing it.
I think he was selling a version of it as a pdf file for you to print at your own expense.
What were you thinking of doing in the area?
If you need a guide, let us know as I live in that area myself.
Karl
If you still need a copy I'll send him an email and see if he is still producing it.
I think he was selling a version of it as a pdf file for you to print at your own expense.
What were you thinking of doing in the area?
If you need a guide, let us know as I live in that area myself.
Karl
RobinGriffiths
Well-known member
This by Cris from a recent Wales thread https://sites.google.com/site/cavesofnortheastwales/
Cheers for the help everybody. Have a few e-books now, doing the job well. Chris' website is looking good too.
Batmancaver, I was just looking to expand knowledge really. But also looking for trips beyond the light research. It would be good for someone who knows their way around to guide
I think i've sent you a PM, but it may have failed and not told me.
TLH
Batmancaver, I was just looking to expand knowledge really. But also looking for trips beyond the light research. It would be good for someone who knows their way around to guide
I think i've sent you a PM, but it may have failed and not told me.
TLH
Muddy Funkster
New member
Great set of links there Les, thanks.
r_walklate@hotmail.com
New member
I know a guy who has drawn a load of surveys for north Wales and he sells them, very cheaply?
