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Ogof Llyn Parc

Coordinates: 53°02′53″N 3°07′16″W / 53.048048°N 3.121062°W / 53.048048; -3.121062
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Ogof Llyn Parc
Entrance shaft
Map showing the location of Ogof Llyn Parc
Map showing the location of Ogof Llyn Parc
LocationEsclusham Mountain, Wrexham, Wales
OS gridSJ 2494 5067
Coordinates53°02′53″N 3°07′16″W / 53.048048°N 3.121062°W / 53.048048; -3.121062
Depth430 metres (1,410 ft)
Length4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi)
DiscoveryNorth Wales Caving Club
GeologyLimestone
Hazards100 metres (330 ft) entrance shaft
Accesscontact North Wales Caving Club
RegistryCambrian Cave Registry[1]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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