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Pal-y-Cwrt, Pal y Cwrt 2, Palebryna, Palebnya


NGR: SN 67330 18170
274 m.asl

Carmarthenshire , Northern Outcrop - West (Black Mountain)
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Cave
Access A very difficult cave to find. From the Forge, which is about 2.5km to the South of the village of Trapp, take the Mountain Road towards Brynamman. After about 800 metres is a crossroads, turn left and follow the road to a bend where a track leads off to the left after a little over 1.5 km. The entrance to the cave is about 30 metres East of the track and 100 metres from the road. There are currently access difficulties and the cave should be avoided at present (2000)
Description The entrance is a hole in the ground which drops into a passage below. The passage descends quite steeply over boulders for some distance, to a low chamber. There are two blocked passages leading from the chamber, and one on the left which saw the latest extensions made in 2016.
History First recorded visit on Aug.19, 1843, by Thomas Jenkins, B.Morgan, and E.J.Griffiths of Llandeilo; extended by SWCC in 1954; Teifi Valley CC in 1980; Tony Donovan et al.2015
Hydrology Tested to Llygad Llwchwr Tests
Conservation SSSI: 0854 Mynydd Du (Mixed) Biological records
Survey
SWCC Newsletter 11, 1955, p.4
Descent 250
References
The Diary of Thomas Jenkins of Llandeilo, 1843 (p.8 of SWCC nl.49; p.40 of National Library of Wales, 2nd edition, edited by D.C.Jenkins (1986))
British Caver, 9, 1942, p.72
British Caver, 15, p.95
British Caver, 26, 1955, p.37
HCC nl. 8, p.18
SWCC Newsletter 11, 1955, pp.2-3
SWCC Newsletter 14, 1956, p.4
SWCC Newsletter 49, 1965, p.8
British Caver, 43, 1966, p.84
Descent 54, 1983, p.25
SWCC Newsletter 99, 1985, p.15
The Caves of Carmarthen, Oldham, T., 1990, p.65
Caves and Caving Summer 1993, p.6
Caves of South Wales, 1995, Stratford T. p.123
Descent 123, 1995, p.10
Dyfed Invertebrate Group nl.30 (Spring 1995), pp.20-24, The crustacea of Carmarthenshire caves, Peter Walker
Descent 250, 2016, pp.34-36
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