Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	Long Drop Hole, Lancashire
	Long Drop Hole
	Long Drop Cave
county:-	Lancashire
locality type:-	pothole
locality type:-	cave
coordinates:-	SD669792
1Km square:-	SD6679
10Km square:-	SD67
SummaryText:-	Explored further by the Gritstone Club, 1965.
SummaryText:-	Grade III; permission from Council of Northern Caving Clubs.
references:-	Balderston c1890 Brook, D & Davies, G & Long, M H &Sutcliffe, J R: 1975: Northern Caves, vol.4 Whernside and Gragareth: Dalesman Books:: ISBN 0 85206 259 1
evidence:-	descriptive text:- Balderston c1890 placename:-  Long Drop Hole
source data:-	Book, Ingleton, Bygone and Present, by Robert R and Margaret Balderston, published by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London, and by Edmndson and Co, 24 High Street, Skipton, Yorkshire, about 1890.   goto source page 70:-  "..." "Long Drop Cave." "In the lower part of the same allotment [Fenwick's Allotment], but in a hollow running down it, nearer its central portion, a rocky cavity, containing the mouth of a third cave may be found without difficulty. Having entered this and duly taken the precaution to light a candle for the purposes both of investigation and safety, our progress was unceremoniously arrested about eight or nine yards from the mouth by a hideous rift, and upon casting some stones downwards, to take cognisance of the nature of the place, there was found to be a sheer fall of considerable depth. The measuring line not having been left outside, the plummet was sent to investigate that"   goto source page 71:-  "which we did not happen to be able to do personally, and a sudden descent of thirty feet might have rewarded carelessness."
evidence:-	old map:- Balderston c1890 map placename:-  Long Drop Cave
source data:-	Map, the hills in the Ingleton area, probably by Robert R Balderston, engraved by Goodall and Suddick, Leeds, West Yorkshire, about 1890. BS1SD67U.jpg "Long Drop Cave" item:-  private collection : 27.1 Image © see bottom of page

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