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| Short Drop Cave, Lancashire | ||
| Short drop Cave | ||
| site name:- | Gragareth | |
| county:- | Lancashire | |
| locality type:- | cave | |
| locality type:- | pothole | |
| coordinates:- | SD67017894 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD6778 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD67 | |
| altitude:- | 1160 feet | |
| altitude:- | 354m | |
| SummaryText:- | Explored by Yorkshire ramblers Club, 1898; further by University of Leeds Speleological Association and British Speleological Association, 1966. | |
| SummaryText:- | Grade II-III; permission from Council of Northern Caving Clubs. | |
| 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:- | descriptive text:- Balderston c1890 placename:- Short Drop Cave |
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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 70:- "..." "Short Drop Cave." "In the same field [Fenwick's Allotment], but below the road and not far from the south-western wall, a small hole in a nook of rook is the opening to another cave of a similar nature to the last near the mouth, but here partly blocked with some stones to prevent sheep from falling down, as a vertical descent of a few feet has to be made in order that exploration of the passage may follow." |
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