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Porth yr Ogof - Resurgence


NGR: SN 92710 12200
223 m.asl

Powys , Northern Outcrop - Central (Penwyllt to Penderyn)
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Rising
Access See Porth yr Ogof
Description
History
Hydrology Tests
Conservation
Gallery

Brendan Marris
2013
BCRA/William Black
1939
Survey
References
Michael Faraday in Wales, Dafydd Tomos (ed), [1973], p.49: 21 July 1819 "We had now viewed all the falls and there remained nothing but the cavern for our inspection. We soon reached it and going first to its termination beheld a most romantic little place sunk by nature amid rocks covered by trees and giving issue to the river Melta. The cavern could not here be entered, for the water entirely filled it but as we stood upon its edge we could observe the stream rippling from beneath and turning with the trout it nourished. The sun shone upon it at the time and as our shadows were cast upon the water a vivid radiation appeared to play about our heads. The beautiful effect of sun and shade in a stream is referable to refraction and perspective. This cavern is called Porth Ocho cavern. Its rocks are limestone and take on the beautiful appearance which is familiar to that formation...This place is called Melta and it gives its name to the river which is otherwise called above its entrance into the cavern, Ascending to a farmhouse above, the guide lighted his roll of old sacking and we tramped to the other end of the cavern about 700 yards off..."
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