What are shake holes in the Yorkshire Dales?
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Shake holes are small depressions in the landscape. Formed when surface water washes boulder clay down into cracks or fissures in the limestone under the clay.
Where is the cheese press cave?
Long Churn Cave is a cave in the Ingleborough area of the Yorkshire Dales. First explored in 1870, it has become a popular location for beginner cavers and it contains the most famous squeeze in the Dales, the “Cheesepress”. It is near Selside, about 9 miles (14 km) north of Ingleton, North Yorkshire.
Can you visit Gaping Gill?
Walking up to Gaping Gill You can walk from Clapham (LA2 8EQ) to the cave entrance in about 11/2 hr along a well marked but rough path. On the way up you will pass the entrance to Ingleborough Show Cave. This separate attraction (well worth visiting) has no connection with the Gaping Gill Winch Meet / Caving Clubs.
What is a wife hole?
Often said to be the largest of Ingleborough’s dolines, Braithwaite Wife Hole is an ancient opening on the limestone benches of Southerscales below Ingleborough, formed by a combination of collapse and solution, and partly filled by glacial till.
What is the difference between a shake hole and a swallow hole?
They form where drift material falls into joints which have been enlarged and widened by chemical solution. The hollows are called dolines or shake holes. The shake hole is then eroded by streams and a vertical hole known as a pothole or swallow hole is formed.
How was the Gaping Gill created?
Initially the water seeped into vertical joints or fault fissures, dropping down to the water table level and then along weaknesses or ‘bedding planes’ between the beds of submerged limestone. The first recorded attempted descent was by John Birkbeck in 1842, who reached a ledge approximately 55 metres down.
How was Gaping Gill created?
Initially the water seeped into vertical joints or fault fissures, dropping down to the water table level and then along weaknesses or ‘bedding planes’ between the beds of submerged limestone.
What causes shake holes?
Shakeholes are formed where surface water washes the boulder clay down into cracks or fissures in the limestone under the boulder clay. They are usually found in groups. Cavers have to dig the boulder clay out to see if there is a pothole of any size underneath.
How many caves are there in the Yorkshire Dales?
So with 2,000 caves and potholes, plus more than 400km of surveyed passages, you’d better get your torches ready. Yorkshire’s unique geology is waiting to be explored. The Yorkshire Dales are world famous for their rich caving opportunities. The caves have formed in limestone rock over a period of many thousands of years.
How deep are the potholes in the Yorkshire Dales?
In fact, the Yorkshire Dales has over 50 potholes deeper than 100 m depth! Yorkshire Dales Guides have our very own SRT vertical caving training facility – a great place to refresh those skills before heading underground.
What are caves and potholes?
Caves and potholes form a major part of our limestone landscape. This landscape is known as karst and the Yorkshire Dales National Park is the finest and most extensive example in Britain. There are over 2500 known caves in the Dales including the longest system in Britain, The Three Counties, and the famous large chamber of Gaping Gill.
What is the Yorkshire Dales national park?
This landscape is known as karst and the Yorkshire Dales National Park is the finest and most extensive example in Britain. There are over 2500 known caves in the Dales including the longest system in Britain, The Three Counties, and the famous large chamber of Gaping Gill.
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