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Historically the cave was known as the Devil's Arse, under which name it is described in William Camden's Britannia of 1586: ...there is a cave or hole within the ground called, saving your reverence, The Devils Arse, that gapeth with a wide mouth and hath in it many turnings and retyring roomes, wherein, for sooth, Gervase of Tilbury, whether for want of knowing the truth, or upon a delight ...
The cave passages adjoining the Ease Gill main streamway were connected to Link Pot and Pippikin Pot in 1978, and Pippikin was itself connected to Lost John's Cave by diving in 1989. With its many entrances, the Ease Gill system offers cavers a wide variety of through trips; the Ease Gill streamway is regarded as one of the finest in the UK.
The deepest cave in Northern Ireland is Reyfad Pot in County Fermanagh, 193 metres (633 ft) deep. A sea cave on the north side of Calder's Geo in Shetland was measured in 2014 at over 20 metres (66 ft) high and with a floor area of around 5,600 square metres (60,000 sq ft). This makes it the largest known cave chamber in the United Kingdom. [4] [5]
Pat first encountered the game at a Boston meeting of the Cave Research Foundation in 1976 or 1977. Though embellished to include elements like an underground volcano, cavers noted that the game was accurate to Crowther's maps and descriptions. [5] In 1977, Crowther married John Wilcox, who had led the cave connection expeditions. They were ...
Titan is a natural cavern near Castleton in the Derbyshire Peak District, and is the deepest shaft of any known cave in Britain, at 141.5 metres (464 ft). [1] The existence of Titan was revealed in November 2006, [2] following its discovery on 1 January 1999 after cavers discovered connections from the James Hall Over Engine Mine to both Speedwell Cavern and Peak Cavern.
Engelbrecht Cave, 2016 Tantanoola Cave, 2013 Cave Gardens, 2016. Kangaroo Island Kelly Hill Caves; Lower South-East Cave Gardens (Mount Gambier) Engelbrecht Cave; Tantanoola Caves; Upper South-East Naracoorte Caves. Alexandra Cave; Blanche Cave; Victoria Fossil Cave; Wet Cave
1981: Long Drop Cave connected to Death's Head Cave. [38] 1982: Lost Pot, the upstream entrance to Lost Johns' Cave, explored, but then collapsed. [39] 1982: John Martin died as a result of a fall in Ireby Fell Cavern. [40] 1982: Large Pot explored. [41] Calcite formations in Witches II cave. 1984: Rift Pot explored, and connected to Large Pot ...
The Caynton Caves are a series of man-made underground chambers in the grounds of Caynton Hall, near Beckbury, ... Location. 52°37'24.4"N 2°19'58.7"W