Craig y Nos Quarry Cave

Location
Grid Reference: SN842150

Altitude: ~275m

Access
Park in the layby near Craig y Nos Castle and head over the stile opposite. Follow the old track up into the quarry for about 150m then take the path on your right which leads straight to the cave entrance. Be aware of the drop over the quarry face to your right as you climb.

Description
Length: ~305m

A short cave, mainly made up of small passages. Navigation is quite simple so a good cave for children to have a go at "leading"

The short entrance crawl leads to a junction which offers standing room. Straight on the cave closes back down again. Left leads quite steeply down into the cave.

For the slimmer caver, or children, there is a choice of routes all leading, ultimately to the terminal sump. These routes all interconnect with no more than about 25m between any two junctions making it a great cave for beginners to explore. (Larger adults can still reach the sump but the choice of routes is somewhat limited)

History
Surveyed by SWCC in 1953