The Caves of the Southern Outcrop



Author: Tony Oldham

This book is the fifth part of Tony Oldham's Limestones and Caves of South Wales series and was first published in 1985. The edition being reviewed here and shown in the picture is the second edition, reprinted with additions in January 1992.

More recent editions may have been improved but, as a whole the book is scruffy, poorly and amateurishly presented. There is, however, a wealth of information contained in its pages. Even the most minor sites are listed, descriptions are detailed and there are many sketches and surveys. The references are particularly useful for anyone researching sites in the area. The book principally covers the outcrop of limestone between Porthcawl and Newport but also describes some slip-rift type caves in the coal mining valleys.