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Wet Sink (Slaughter Stream Cave)

Grid reference: SO 5820 1375

At 11km long, Wetsink has a lot to offer in caving trips. There is a bit of everything in here, pitches, streamways, sumps, fossil passages, formations and dig sites. It also has the added interest of containing a large number of prehistoric animal bones as well as the more recent "Norman" the dog, whose lonely skeleton lies a fair way into the cave, his wandering footprints seen left in the mud floor.

There is some apparent confusion over the naming of the cave. The system is called Slaughter Stream Cave and Wet Sink is an entrance into that cave (currently the only one that is open).

The cave was featured in a programme made for Channel 4's Extreme Archaeology series.

Wetsink is situated on private land, and is gated.
To arrange a key, contact
Andy Clark,
Sunshade Cottage,
Lower Redbrook,
Monmouth,
Gwent NP25 4LZ


There is a gallery of photos.



Selected
Local Caves

Caves:
  • Wet Sink/Slaughter
  • Otter Hole
  • Redhouse
  • Big Sink
  • Miss Grace's Lane
  • Ban-Y-Gor


  • Local Mines

    Mines:
  • Bixslade


  • Current Digs

    Digs:
  • Kelly's Lane
  • The Dropper
  • Hole in the Hedge