Cathedral Cave

CATHEDRAL CAVE

Limited Edition Print *

Dan yr Ogof Caves, Brecon Beacons, Wales

Cathedral Cave is part of the Dan yr Ogof cave complex, also known as the National Showcaves Centre for Wales. Cathedral Cave is named after the dome of St Pauls Cathedral.
A small tunnel-like cave above Dan-yr-Ogof farm was known about for many years. In 1953 members of the South Wales Caving Club blasted a way through the boulders at the end of the cave and to their amazement they climbed up into a massive cave passage. This passage was decorated with thousands of delicate cave formations.
The cave was formed by the dissolving and wearing action of water on the limestone rock over tens of thousands of years; the cave is now fed by two 40 foot high waterfalls, as seen in the image. The cave contains a number of formations including:
• Stalactites, from the Greek stalasso, meaning “to drip”. These are the formations that hang from the ceilings of limestone caves, formed from the dripping of mineralised solutions and the deposition of calium carbonate.
• Stalagmites, from the Greek stalagmias, "dropping, trickling”. These are the same as stalactites except they form on the cave floor.
• Straws – these are tiny straw-like stalactities that hang from the ceiling. There are thousands of these in Cathedral Cave. They are most clearly visible in the image on the dark overhanging rock on the right of the image.
Dan yr Ogof is one of the finest cave complexes in South Wales; it runs for at least eleven miles under the Black Mountain, and may be the largest complex in the whole of Europe. It contains human bones dating back to the Bronze Age over 3,000 years ago, and animal bones including red deer from more than 7,000 years ago.
The first section of the cave system is open to the public, but the extensive cave system beyond is scheduled as a National Nature Reserve and is open only to bona-fide cavers.
This is a very wide angle image. The walkway-railings have been erased. Images are printed onto archival quality silver halide photographic paper and are mounted behind acid-free mountboard. Both products will last many decades without showing any signs of fading.

* This image is a Limited Edition Print of 400 for all prints larger than 12"x8".

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Cathedral Cave

CATHEDRAL CAVE

Limited Edition Print *

Dan yr Ogof Caves, Brecon Beacons, Wales

Cathedral Cave is part of the Dan yr Ogof cave complex, also known as the National Showcaves Centre for Wales. Cathedral Cave is named after the dome of St Pauls Cathedral.
A small tunnel-like cave above Dan-yr-Ogof farm was known about for many years. In 1953 members of the South Wales Caving Club blasted a way through the boulders at the end of the cave and to their amazement they climbed up into a massive cave passage. This passage was decorated with thousands of delicate cave formations.
The cave was formed by the dissolving and wearing action of water on the limestone rock over tens of thousands of years; the cave is now fed by two 40 foot high waterfalls, as seen in the image. The cave contains a number of formations including:
• Stalactites, from the Greek stalasso, meaning “to drip”. These are the formations that hang from the ceilings of limestone caves, formed from the dripping of mineralised solutions and the deposition of calium carbonate.
• Stalagmites, from the Greek stalagmias, "dropping, trickling”. These are the same as stalactites except they form on the cave floor.
• Straws – these are tiny straw-like stalactities that hang from the ceiling. There are thousands of these in Cathedral Cave. They are most clearly visible in the image on the dark overhanging rock on the right of the image.
Dan yr Ogof is one of the finest cave complexes in South Wales; it runs for at least eleven miles under the Black Mountain, and may be the largest complex in the whole of Europe. It contains human bones dating back to the Bronze Age over 3,000 years ago, and animal bones including red deer from more than 7,000 years ago.
The first section of the cave system is open to the public, but the extensive cave system beyond is scheduled as a National Nature Reserve and is open only to bona-fide cavers.
This is a very wide angle image. The walkway-railings have been erased. Images are printed onto archival quality silver halide photographic paper and are mounted behind acid-free mountboard. Both products will last many decades without showing any signs of fading.

* This image is a Limited Edition Print of 400 for all prints larger than 12"x8".

Fine Art Print :

 
Item added to cart