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Cwmavon Reservoir Risings, Capel Newydd Farm Springs, V1


NGR: SO 26920 07240
267 m.asl

Torfaen , Northern Outcrop - East (Morlais to Abergavenny)
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Rising
Access On hillside just north of Cwmavon Reservoir
Description Large resurgence issuing from a locked tunnel 15m long. At the far end of the tunnel, water comes from loose boulders, some with phreatic shelving. A second tunnel immediately adjacent is 8m long and generally dry. The tunnels are the property of the Gwent Water Board.
History
Hydrology Strong dye trace from Cuckoo Pot in less than 24 hours. Minimum flow 0.134 cumecs (3000g.p.h). Tests
Conservation
Survey
References
BGS [borehole] record of spring, 1951
Gascoine, W 1984 Hydrology of the Eastern Valley. The Red Dragon 11, pp.74-79
Gascoine, W., (1989), Hydrology of the limestone outcrop, in Limestones & Caves of Wales
CKS v38(1), p.24, 2011,Lou Maurice & Tim Guilford, The hydrogeology of Ogof Draenen
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