Site of the Whirly Holes, Caerwent:: OS grid ST4790 :: Geograph British Isles

ST4790 : Site of the Whirly Holes, Caerwent

near to Caerwent, Monmouthshire/Sir Fynwy, Great Britain

Site of the Whirly Holes, Caerwent

Vast springs of fresh water used to emerge here on the banks of the Neddern Brook. Then on 16th October 1879 the driving of the Severn Tunnel breached a water-filled cave, flooding the tunnel and causing the Whirly Holes to dry up. All that can be seen now are two shallow depressions on either side of the river, which here is in flood. The larger, on the north bank, can be seen in front of the pair of Lombardy Poplars.

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1993

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Grid Square: ST4790, 14 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Mike Simms (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph (First for ST4790)
Date Taken: 1993 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 24 April, 2006
Category: Spring (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: ST 47 90 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 51:36.6522N 2:45.5739W