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Ogof Gofan, Ogof Govan


NGR: SR 9582 9299
15 m.asl

Pembrokeshire , West Wales
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Cave
Access See caving.wales for current Access arrangements
Description The entrance is about 12 metres down the cliff, about 15 metres above high water mark. A high chamber lies behind the entrance which contains archaeological remains. Beyond the bone chamber, a low archway leads to a well decorated chamber, containing some monster columns up to 1.5 metres in diameter and 5 metres high. A passage continues for around 50 metres and is thought to be associated with a third entrance and the wind direction around Saddlehead.
History Spotted by Mel Davies in 1966, explored in 1968, BNS/CwmbranCC/SWCC
Hydrology
Conservation Biological records
Gallery

Keith Edwards
2015

Keith Edwards
2014
Survey
John Parker, CCC, G1, 1968 (N arrow points W)
Mel Davies, 1996. Cwmbran CC Jnl.23, p.15
John Stevens, Richard Dewsnap, Stuart France, 2015 with M.Bell, R.Protheroe-Jones, Archaeology, 2017
References
CCC Jl 3, (1968) pp.20-21 Melvyn Davies The discovery and exploration of Ogof Gofan
SWCC Newsletter, 61, 23-24. Location, description and brief details
SWCC Newsletter, 62, 8. Archaeological report.
SWCC Newsletter, 93, p.26, 1981, Pete Francis, in Book Review - Caves of West Wales
SWCC Newsletter, 95, pp.9-10, 1981, Mel Davies, Ogof Gofan - History and access
CSS nl 53/9&10, 2011 86-87
Melvyn Davies, A flint find in Ogof Govan, Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire. CwmbranCC Jnl 23, p.14, 1998
Sanctuary (MOD Sustainability Magazine), 45, 2016, 52-53 Ogof Gofan balancing recreational caving with protecting bats and archaeology
Brendan Marris Caves of South Wales
CREG Journal 108, pp.12-15, 2019, Stuart France, Temperature Logging: Does Ogof Gofan Extend Inland?
Cambrian Cave Registry entry 1018
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