Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on
Leck Fell Leck may refer to:
Places
* Conwal and Leck, Ireland
* Leck, Lancashire, England
* Leck, Nordfriesland, Germany
* Leck, Virginia, U.S.
Persons
* Leck (rapper), French rapper of Moroccan origin
* Bart van der Leck
Bart van der Leck (26 Novembe ...
,
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, England. With its three major vertical routes (''Dome Route'', ''Centipede Route'' and ''Monastery Route'') it is a popular place to practise
single-rope technique
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(SRT) because of the opportunity for
exchange trips.
Also it can be safely visited on wet days because many of the pitches can be rigged out of the water. It is an important part of the
Three Counties System
The Three Counties System is a set of inter-connected limestone solutional cave systems spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire and North Yorkshire in the north of England. The possibility of connecting a number of discrete cave systems in ...
.
All routes converge on Battleaxe Streamway. From here the usual route is to shuffle along ''Battleaxe Traverse'' at a high level protected by rope, and descend a safe distance from the water. From here a short passage and another pitch leads to ''Groundsheet Junction'' where the ''Leck Fell Master Cave'' is entered.
Upstream leads to the high-level passages of ''Lyle Cavern'' and a connection with the
Notts Pot
Notts Pot is cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England
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system. The main streamway continues to the ''NPC Avens'', where
Boxhead Pot and
It's a Cracker enter the system.
Downstream leads through several neck-deep pools past several inlets, including one which links with
Rumbling Hole
Rumbling Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a deep fenced shaft, and it rapidly descends a series of pitches to a low aqueous passage that has been connected to Lost Johns' Cave. It is part of the Three Count ...
, and another which links to
Death's Head Hole
Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North ...
, to a
sump
A sump is a low space that collects often undesirable liquids such as water or chemicals. A sump can also be an infiltration basin used to manage surface runoff water and recharge underground aquifers. Sump can also refer to an area in a cave ...
which, after {{convert, 800, m, connects with
Pippikin Pot.
See also
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Long Drop Cave
Long Drop Cave is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into Death's Head Hole, and is part of the Three Counties System, an cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
Description
The entran ...
*
Lost Pot
References
Caves of Lancashire
Caves of the Three Counties System