What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Powys.
The former show-cave of Porth-yr-Ogof is a limestone cave system formed through dissolution by acidic water over millennia, typical of karst landscapes in Wales. It was once a tourist attraction and may have had limited archaeological interest, though specific human history or folklore remains poorly documented.
Places near here
Porth yr OgofCave · 20 yd
Tradesman's Entrance (C)Cave · 83 yd
Pant-y-LlwynCottage · 664 yd
Woodland reverting to scrubForest or wood · 1063 yd
Saint Mary's Church, YstradfellteChurch · 1170 yd
Felled woodForest or wood · 1272 yd
Afon Mellte upstream of the Sgwd Clun-gwyn waterfallWaterfall · 1626 yd
Sgwd Uchaf Clun GwynWaterfall · 1636 yd
Mellte Castle and roadbridge over the River MellteCastle, fort or tower · 1.3 mi
Gwaun CefnygarregMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Hepste Fawr Longhouse, YstradfellteLonghouse · 1.5 mi
Pont Melin Fach: Mill SiteCorn Mill · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Toby Speight · CC BY-SA 2.0