This is one of the largest sinkholes in South Wales - there are only three or four to rival it in size. A stream draining into it has been tested to the resurgence at Pwll y Cwm in the Clydach gorge, negotiating the immense Agen Allwedd cave system en route. It is one of the highlights of this globally important zone of 'interstratal karst'.
Uploaded to Geograph by Alan Bowring on 17 June 2013
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