Bulldozed rubble at Ban-Y-Gor Rocks

Posted by Rob Dyer on 15/02/2011

The owners of Ban-Y-Gor Rocks, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GWT), have reported to the BMC that a considerable quantity of rubble has recently been bulldozed off the top of the cliff by an unknown party.

Ban-Y-Gor Rocks is an extensive limestone crag containing a mixture of sport and trad routes spread over a variety if grades, just north of Wintour's Leap in the Wye Valley. Some of the rubble is likely to have landed on ledges or become caught in cliff face vegetation, so climbers should exercise extra caution when climbing on the crag as there is likely to be more loose material on routes than normal. The GWT are aware that the crag is a popular with climbers as well as it being within a SSSI area so will be investigating the source of the rubble and taking steps to prevent this happening again.

Further information on the crag can be found on the RAD here.



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