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| Low Douk Cave, North Yorkshire | ||
| Low Douk Cave | ||
| county:- | North Yorkshire | |
| locality type:- | pothole | |
| locality type:- | cave | |
| coordinates:- | SD67767679 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6776 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD67 | |
| altitude:- | 1100 feet | |
| altitude:- | 335m | |
| SummaryText:- | Explored by Northern Pennie Club, 1963; further by British Aircraft Corporation Caving Club, 1965; and by University of Leeds Speleological Association and Birmingham UNiversty Speleological Society, 1971. | |
| SummaryText:- | Grade III; permission from Masongill Hall, Westhouse. | |
| references:- | 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 |
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| evidence:- | possibly descriptive text:- Balderston c1890 placename:- Lower Pot |
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| 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 sourcepage 66:- "..." "Lower Pot." "A little further down the course of the same gully [as Marble Steps Hole] another stream is found which, after a brief career, enters a large cave-like entrance in the side of the rock, cleft so as to disclose a spacious chamber having its floor considerably below the level of the ground, it being about thirty-three feet in an oblique line to the deepest portion. A small fall enters a recess on one side." |
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