Ogof Dydd Byraf

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Ogof Dydd Byraf

Cavers climbing the side of Minera quarry to reach the entrance

Location Wrexham County Borough, Wales

OS grid SJ 2546 5201

53°03′37″N 3°06′49″WCoordinates:
Coordinates
53°03′37″N 3°06′49″W

Length 750 metres (2,460 ft)

Elevation 340 metres (1,120 ft)

Discovery 1964

Geology Limestone

Access contact North Wales Caving Club

 Translation cave of the shortest day

Registry Cambrian Cave Registry[1]

Ogof Dydd Byraf is a cave which extends under Esclusham Mountain in north-
east Wales from its entrance in the south face of the Minera Limeworks quarry. It was
originally discovered and explored in 1964 by the Wrexham Caving Club, before they
were merged into the North Wales Caving Club.[2]
After a short series of mined passages there is a narrow 10 metre pitch into the main
levels consisting of a series of well-decorated galleries. Some of the passages come
very close to the cave Ogof Llyn Du whose access is blocked by a deep and difficult
sump.
Over the years this cave had been under threat by the quarry operations,[3] but it is now
protected as an SSSI.[4] and owned by North Wales Wildlife Trust[5]

References[edit]
1. ^ "Ogof Dydd Byraf". Cambrian Cave Registry. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
2. ^ "Caving history - North Wales caving clubs".
3. ^ "Ogof Dydd Byraf". Descent (24). July 1973. ISSN 0046-0036.
4. ^ "Minera quarry trust - Caves". Archived from the original on 7 January 2009.
5. ^ Forgrave, Andrew (30 May 2018). "Historic Wrexham quarry is reborn as one of largest nature
reserves in North Wales". northwales. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

Bibliography[edit]
 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.