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Pwll Derw, Oak Hole, Pwll Derwen (in error)


NGR: SN 94133 12371
339 m.asl

Powys , Northern Outcrop - Central (Penwyllt to Penderyn)
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Sink
Access Enter the land under the fence at BM 1110, 45 metres North of the Ystradfellte signpost.
Description A very large collapse feature about 280 metres around, taking a stream in the Western corner, which sinks in many places. It is about 15 metres deep and lies on the fault line running through the Hepste valley below the bridge.
History WSG 1968; Mike McCombe, Jon Jones 2004
Hydrology Tests
Conservation
Gallery

Alan Bowring
2007

Brendan Marris
2009
Survey
References
WSG Bull 5(8),76-77, Tony Jones, Scratching in South Wales
Pelobates 53, Allan Ockenden, 1988
WSG Bulletin 9(8) 1997 Duncan Minty, Hydrological Investigations in the central Brecon Beacons
Descent 171, p.13, Martyn Farr, Attacking Pwll Derw
Descent 181 p.14 (2005) Digging Pwll Derw
Croydon CC Pelobates 90, 2014. Adrian Paniwnyk, Caves of the Mellte Valley Update
Cambrian Cave Registry entry 616
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