Cambrian Cave Registry

L: V:	Ogof Tarddiad Pwll Du - Rising NGR: SO 24691 11855 335 m.asl Monmouthshire , Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)			map using leaflet map:
Rising
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Description	A stream issues from an impenetrable crack. Originally reported as a resurgence cave with a narrow entrance above a large collapsed slab, leading to a tight vadose passage which ends after 17m in a small collapse chamber.
History	John Parker, 1959
Hydrology	Source unknown but possibly a stream sinking by Pen-y-Galchen.			Tests
Conservation	SSSI: 0380 Gilwern Hill (Mixed)
Gallery
^{Martin Laverty} 2024
Survey

References
A Caver's View of the Clydach River (Cwmbran Caving Club, 1986), Schuurmans, T.
Cwmbran CC Journal 8, p.13, The Pwll Ddu System
A Caver's View of the Clydach River (Cwmbran Caving Club, 1987), Schuurmans, T., p.145
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Cambrian Cave Registry entry 1408			© Caving Wales ⓗ Ogofa Cymru