Ogof Llyn Parc usually known as Pool Park is a cave on Esclusham Mountain above Wrexham, Wales, that has a 100 metres (330 ft) entrance shaft, normally descended by winch to the mine levels. Further caving and two ladders reaches the natural cave levels in which there are streamways.
Ogof Llyn Parc | |
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![]() Entrance shaft | |
Location | Esclusham Mountain, Wrexham, Wales |
OS grid | SJ 2494 5067 |
Coordinates | 53°02′53″N 3°07′16″W / 53.048048°N 3.121062°W |
Depth | 430 metres (1,410 ft) |
Length | 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) |
Discovery | North Wales Caving Club |
Geology | Limestone |
Hazards | 100 metres (330 ft) entrance shaft |
Access | contact North Wales Caving Club |
Registry | Cambrian Cave Registry[1] |
References
edit- ^ "Ogof Llyn Parc". Ogof Llyn Parc. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- Appleton, Peter (1989). "Limestones and Caves of North Wales". In Ford, Trevor D. (ed.). Limestones and Caves of Wales. Cambridge University Press. pp. 233–7. ISBN 0-521-32438-6.
- Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R., Goldie, H.S. (1997). Karst and Caves of Great Britain. Chapman & Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, UK. pp. 262–4. ISBN 0-412-78860-8.
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