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Ogof Dydd Byraf is a cave which extends under
Esclusham Mountain Esclusham Mountain ( Welsh: ''Mynydd Esclus'' or ''Mynydd Esclys'') is an area in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, United Kingdom, and is part of the Ruabon Moors. It rises to a height of 460 m (1509 feet), with the nearby spur of Cyrn-y-Brain, to ...
in the north-east
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from its entrance in the south face of the
Minera Limeworks The Minera Limeworks were extensive lime quarries and kilns at Minera in Wrexham, Wales. It was located at , near the villages of Gwynfryn, Minera, and Coedpoeth and was locally referred to as ''The Calch''. History The Minera Limeworks w ...
quarry. It was originally discovered and explored in 1964 by the Wrexham Caving Club, before it was merged into the North Wales Caving Club. 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, but it is now protected as an
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. and owned by
North Wales Wildlife Trust The North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) (Welsh: ''Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gogledd Cymru'') is the Wildlife Trust for North Wales. Established in 1962, it covers the vice counties of Anglesey, Caernarfonshire, Merionethshire, Denbighshire and Flint ...


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* * {{cite book , author = Waltham, A.C., Simms, M.J., Farrant, A.R., Goldie, H.S. , year = 1997 , title = Karst and Caves of Great Britain , pages = 262–4 , publisher = Chapman & Hall, 2-6 Boundary Row, London SE1 8HN, UK , isbn = 0-412-78860-8 Dydd Byraf Landforms of Wrexham County Borough