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  2. Mossdale Caverns - Wikipedia

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    Mossdale Caverns is a cave system in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north of Grassington , and east of Conistone , where Mossdale Beck sinks at the base of Mossdale Scar.

  3. List of UK caving fatalities - Wikipedia

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    Ease Gill Caverns and its associated entrances accounts for ten deaths; Alum Pot and its associated entrances account for six, as does Mossdale Caverns (all from the 1967 incident). The only case of a caver dying in the UK as the result of becoming stuck was Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959. The cause of death was foul air building up around him.

  4. Cave rescue - Wikipedia

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    In 1967, six cavers were in Mossdale Caverns in North Yorkshire when a flash flood inundated the system. A major rescue attempt was made, but the men were discovered to have perished in the flood. It remains the worst caving disaster in the UK. [6]

  5. Yorkshire Dales - Wikipedia

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    Visitors can try caving at one of the show caves: White Scar Cave, Ingleborough Cave or Stump Cross Caverns near Greenhow. [48] The systems include: Gaping Gill System [49] Alum Pot System [50] Mossdale Caverns [51] Leck Fell Caves [52] Easegill System [53] White Scar Caves in Chapel-le-Dale near Ingleton [54] Ingleborough Cave [55] in Clapdale ...

  6. Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association - Wikipedia

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    Major incidents which have occurred in the area for which the Association is responsible include the Mossdale Caverns incident in 1967 during which six cavers drowned when the system suffered catastrophic flooding, [7] and an incident in Sleets Gill Cave in 1992 when rising water levels required two trapped cavers to be dived out through 200 m ...

  7. Conistone - Wikipedia

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    The village is set in characteristic limestone scenery, including Mossdale Caverns, the dry gorge of Conistone Dib and the limestone outcrop of Conistone Pie. [4] Above the Dib the Dales Way path connects Kettlewell, to its north, and Grassington, to its south, providing distant views over Wharfedale. [5]

  8. List of caves in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The longest cave system in the UK is the Three Counties System in the Yorkshire Dales, with 86.7 km (53.9 mi) of passageways.It includes the Ease Gill system, the Notts Pot / Ireby Fell Cavern system, the Lost Johns' Cave system, and the Pippikin Pot system, all of which are connected.

  9. Caving in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    During the Second World War, Bob Leakey discovered the 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long Mossdale Caverns north of Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales. After the war, Graham Balcombe formed the Cave Diving Group in 1946. [10] The Cave Research Group of Great Britain separated from BSA in 1948. [8]