Top 17 Caves 노스 웨일즈

웨일스 북부 란드디노에 위치한 그레이트 오름 구리 광산은 최근 가장 놀라운 고고학적 발견 중 하나입니다. 세계에서 가장 큰 선사 시대 광산 중 하나로 인정받는 이 거대한 복합 단지는 브리튼 섬의 청동기 시대 기술, 무역 및 사회에 대한 우리의 이해를 완전히 바꾸어 놓았습니다. 발견 수세기 동안 지역 주민들과 빅토리아 시대 광부들은 절벽 아래에 고대 터널이 있다는 것을 알고 있었지만, 로마 시대의 것이라고 널리 추정되었습니다. 그러나 1987년, 계획된 주차장을 위한 조경 작업으로 인해 동굴 탐험가와 광산 엔지니어들이 오래된 작업장 깊숙이 탐사하게 되었습니다 (470피트 높이의 비비안 샤프를 하강). 내부에서 발견된 유물, 동물 뼈, 목탄을 방사성 탄소 연대 측정법으로 분석한 후, 고고학자들은 역사계에 충격을 주었습니다. 이 광산은 로마인이 도착하기 훨씬 전인 초기 청동기 시대인 4,000년 전의 것이었습니다. 규모 및 범위 광대한 미로: 이 유적지는 5마일(8km 이상) 이상의 탐사된 지하 터널, 통로 및 방으로 구성되어 있으며, 최대 220피트(70미터) 깊이까지 도달합니다. 좁은 통로: 많은 터널이 매우 비좁습니다. 가장 좁은 공간 중 일부는 5~6세의 어린 아이들만이 발굴하고 통과할 수 있었을 것입니다. 선사 시대 규모: 선사 시대 동안 40,000 입방미터 이상의 암석이 제거되었으며, 24,000 제곱미터 이상의 지상 및 지하 네트워크에 걸쳐 있습니다.

The binoculars tunnel is something quite unique and can be reached relatively easily if you have good footwear, take care, and don't mind a short scramble. This place is not suitable for small children though.

Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI): Coed y Gopa is designated as an SSSI due to its exceptional biological interest. Bats: It's particularly renowned for being home to the second largest lesser horseshoe bat hibernaculum in North East Wales. These bats utilize the numerous old mine workings (adits) and natural caves within the site for winter hibernation. Other bat species like Natterer's bat and Daubenton's bat are also found here. The wide rides and varied habitats within the wood provide excellent feeding areas for bats. Other Wildlife: Beyond bats, the woodland supports a rich array of wildlife, including various bird species like ospreys, goshawks, pied flycatchers, redstarts, and wood warblers.

The batcaves, Coed y Gopa, meaning "wood of the summit" in Welsh, is a prominent and ecologically important woodland located on a limestone hillside in the Vale of Clwyd, North Wales, near the town of Abergele. It's a popular site for visitors due to its diverse wildlife, historical features, and breathtaking coastal views.

The Binoculars or Y Sbienddrych In Welsh. These tunnels are a notable part of the history to and from the Abercwmeiddaw Slate Quarry. In 1864, an experimental tunnel machine, designed by John Dickinson Brunton, this tunnelling machine was one of the minor few machines to even once exist and that was Worldwide! This tunnelling machine, was powered by a steam engine and was used to bore huge 80m circular tunnel and a failed 10m tunnel that both were drilled deep into the rock. However despite John Dickinson Bruntons efforts in him aiming to revolutionize quarrying. While yes he’d been very successful within these bored tunnels and had success in creating the quarried tunnels, yet the bore machine itself was far, far too difficult to even control and the whole operation was abandoned.

Go through the tunnel, mind your head, don't be scared. you'll come out in to a small quarry in the side of the rock with old collapsed out buildings. such a weird little find.

A quick hunched walk through a dark tunnel in the rock and you come across an old quarry in the side of the rock, with a few old fallen buildings inside. what a little gem of a find

The Sygun Copper Mine offers the opportunity for those with a sense of adventure and curiosity to discover the wonders of a historic copper mine for themselves. This is suitable for the whole family. There are winding tunnels and large colorful rooms with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites. Activities also include lake/mountain walks, pottery making, archery, gold panning, metal detecting for ancient coins, adventure playground and bouncy castle. (Visit Wales)