Wales
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Introduction
Most of the natural caves in Wales are to be found in the South where the limestone outcrops around the fringes of the South Wales Coalfield. There are, however, some significant caves to be found in North East Wales.
The lengthy major systems of the South are formed in the Northern Outcrop of the limestone that runs roughly from Ammanford in the West to Abergavenny in the East, parallel to, or along the Heads of the Valleys Road.
Traditionally, and by convention, newly discovered caves are given names in the Welsh Language rather than English.
Geology
Caving Areas
- Black Mountain
- Swansea Valley
- Neath Valley
- Taff Valley
- Llangynidr Mountain
- Llangattock/Clydach Gorge
- Gower
- Southern Outcrop
- North East Wales
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Mining Areas
- Gwydyr Lead Mines
- Great Orme Copper Mines
- Lleyn Peninsula Manganese Mines
- Meirionydd Gold Mines
- Meirionydd Manganese Mines
- Meirionydd Slate Mines
- Mid Wales Lead Mines
- North East Wales Lead Mines
- Other Slate Mines
- Parys Mountain
- Snowdonia Mines
- South Wales Metal Mines
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- Big Pit Mining Museum
- Chwarel Hen Llanfair
- Dalaucothi Gold Mine
- Great Orme Bronze Age Mines
- Llechwedd Slate Caverns
- Llywernog Lead Mine
- Sygun Copper Mine
