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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 was declared to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Peak by philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his 1636 book De Mirabilibus Pecci: Being The Wonders of the Peak in Darby-shire, Commonly called The Devil's Arse of Peak. [9] Daniel Defoe uses the same name in his A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain (1724–26):
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
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The stream once powered a corn mill in Castleton which remained in use until about 1920. The 10–12ft diameter water wheel survived until the 1950s. [2] Little is left of the mill, apart from the wheel pit and the mill pond. [3] A public footpath leads from Castleton past the mill and follows close to the stream as far as Pindale Road south of ...
Castleton SSSI marks the northernmost extent of carboniferous limestone within the Peak District. Underground, the area has important cave systems, including Eldon Hole, located near Eldon Hill . The karst drainage systems connected to this protected area include Peak Cavern , Treak Cliff Cavern and Speedwell Cavern .
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.
The massive underground pools of magma below the storied park are still red-hot, ranging between 1,247 degrees and 2,512 degrees, Bennington said. Learning more about the magma under Yellowstone