Traced from Eglwys Faen (St Patrick's 3d, Inner Choke 14 days) and to Ogof Capel and Limekiln Springs (NW Inlet <6 hrs, Promised Land 1 day, Lower Series <1 day) and Rock & Fountain (Hall of Mountain King 6 hrs) North West Inlet (north) North West Inlet (south) From NW Inlet sump Promised Land (north) Promised Land (stream sinks) Blaen Elin Lower Series Helictite Passage Hall of the Mountain King From Hall of Mountain King

L:8000
V:115

Ogof Craig a Ffynnon, Craig a Ffynnon, Rock and Fountain Cave, Ogof Craig-a-Ffynnon, Ogof Craig-ar-Ffynnon, Ogof Craig a'r Ffynnon


NGR: SO 22011 12873
259 m.asl

Monmouthshire , Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)
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Active Cave
Access Situated on the North Western side of the Gorge in old quarry workings directly above what was the Rock and Fountain Inn. See caving.wales for current Access arrangements
Description A large cave which progresses deep into the Llangattock mountain and comes close to parts of the Daren Cilau system. A short crawl leads to a series of well decorated chambers and phreatic passages. Cave water resurges at Ogof Capel and Rock and Fountain Springs.
History BNSSS first looked at resurgences in 1954; BNS started digging in 1966, entered a streamway in 1967; CwmbranCC took over in 1968 with John Parker and Jeff Hill digging in 1973 and breaking through to 1st choke in August 1976, 2nd BC in November. Most of the known cave was then discovered in 1977 and 1978, the diggers, and cave, now named after the nearby Rock and Fountain pub (finally closed 2016).
Hydrology Traced from Eglwys Faen (St Patrick's 3d, Inner Choke 14 days) and to Ogof Capel and Limekiln Springs (NW Inlet <6 hrs, Promised Land 1 day, Lower Series <1 day) and Rock & Fountain (Hall of Mountain King 6 hrs)
Conservation SSSI: 0080 Mynydd Llangatwg (Mixed) GCR: 554 Biological records
Gallery

Matt Emmett
2012
Brendan Marris
2008
Mark Burkey
2019
Survey
GOCAF
References
A Caver's View of the Clydach River (Cwmbran Caving Club, 1986), Schuurmans, T.
Gascoine, W., (1989), Hydrology of the limestone outcrop, in Limestones & Caves of Wales
Caves of South Wales, Stratford, T., 1995
Martyn Farr, Darkworld (1997)
Selected Caves of Britain and Ireland, 1997
Chelsea SS nl.52(1), p.157 (2010) Andy Watson, Our caving expedition that unexpectedly went a bit adrift [flooding]
Geomorphology, 134, pp.79-93, Farrant, Andrew R. and Smart, Peter L., Role of sediment in speleogenesis; sedimentation and paragenesis [paragenetic gallery, blind passages and aven]
Brendan Marris Caves of South Wales
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