North East Wales

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North Wales has two main areas of carboniferous limestone. The first stretches from the Great Orme at Llandudno to Ruthin. There are several small caves on Great Orme's Head, but the main attraction here are the extensive copper workings, both Bronze Age and Victorian in age. There are several minor caves where the River Elwy valley crosses the limestone outcrop near Henllan.

The second area, separated by the fault bounded Vale of Clwyd stretches from Prestatyn on the coast to Oswestry. The majority of caves are found in this second area, particularly around the Alyn Valley and on Minera Mountain. Many of the caves are associated with lead mining.

Contents 1 Caves and Mines 1.1 Alyn Valley 1.2 Elwy Valley 1.3 Great Orme 1.4 Halkyn Mountain 1.5 Minera Mountain 1.6 Oswestry 2 References

Caves and Mines

Alyn Valley

• Maeshafn Cave
• Ogof Cilcain
• Ogof Hen Ffynhonnau (Poacher's)
• Ogof Hesp Alyn
• Ogof Nadolig
• Scouse Pot

Elwy Valley

• Afon Meirchion Cave
• Brasgyll Caves
• Cae Gronw Cave
• Cefn Cave
• Dell Cave
• Pontnewydd Cave

Great Orme

• Great Orme Copper Mines

Halkyn Mountain

• Milwr Tunnel
• Olwyn Goch Shaft

Minera Mountain

• Limekiln Cave
• Ogof Cefn-y-Gist
• Ogof Dydd Byraf
• Ogof Llyn Ddu
• Ogof Llyn Parc
• Ogof Mwynglawdd
• Ogof Noeth
• Ogof Siani

Oswestry

See Also Shropshire

• Ceiriog Cave (Lower Ceiriog Cave)
• Ogof Llanymynech
• Upper Ceiriog Cave

References

• An Introduction to the Caves of North East Wales, Cris Ebbs, ISBN 0952224216
• Minera Lead Mines and Quarries, John Bennett
• The Concise Caves of North Wales, Tony Oldham 2000
• The Milwr Tunnel - Bagillt to Loggerheads, Cris Ebbs, ISBN 0952224208
• Underground Clwyd, Cris Ebbs
• Appleton, P.J.,(1989) “Limestones and caves of North Wales” In Ford, T.D., (ed) Limestones and caves of Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.