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The Peak Cavern, also known as the Devil's Arse, [1] [2] is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England.
Oscar Hackett Neil Moss (28 July 1938 [1] – 23 March 1959) was a British student who died in a caving accident. A twenty-year-old undergraduate studying philosophy at Balliol College, Oxford, Moss became jammed underground, 1,000 feet (300 m) from the entrance, [2] after descending a narrow unexplored shaft in Peak Cavern, a famous cave system in Castleton in Derbyshire, on 22 March 1959.
The cavern is open to the public with tours along its 300m main passage. The temperature is a constant 7°C. Poole's Cavern is part of a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). [9] The Devil's Arse (Peak Cavern) Castleton
Castleton is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) [1] in Derbyshire, England within Peak District National Park. It is located between Castleton and Sparrowpit, close to Edale and borders Mam Tor hill. This protected area includes Winnats Pass.
It flows through the village of Castleton to join the River Noe in nearby Hope. Despite its name, much of its flow actually emerges from the Russet Well, a resurgence in a garden on the east side of the gorge below the main Peak Cavern entrance, described as the "main resurgence of the Castleton area", which drains a series of swallets on the ...
[6] [7] [8] The mining created and enlarged local caverns, four of which are now open to the public as Peak Cavern, Blue John Cavern, Speedwell Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern. A small amount of Blue John is mined locally, and sold in a number of local gift shops, one of which is located in the 17th-century tollhouse. [9]
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This is a partial list of caves in Derbyshire, England, arranged alphabetically. [1] [2] Many lie within the Peak District National Park.[3] [4]Giant's Hole Great Masson Cavern Poole's Cavern Speedwell Cavern Cave entrance at Harboro' Rocks