Eden Sike Cave
| Eden Sike Cave | |
| Westmorland | |
|---|---|
 The Resurgence for Eden Sike Cave | |
| 7822&y=4 9701&z=120 SD 7822 9701 | |
| Co-ordinates: | 54°22’5"N, 2°20’12"W |
| Length: | 2,500 feet |
| Geology: | Carboniferous limestone |
Eden Sike Cave is a small cave on Mallerstang Common above the Eden Valley valley in Westmorland. It is to be found 400 yards north of Hell Gill.
The entrance to the cave is 428 yards northwest of an obvious resurgence in a small shakehole. This drops into a passage where a wet crawl leads downstream towards the resurgence, and roomier going upstream. This soon deteriorates into more awkward going which eventually leads to a T-Junction. Left goes to a sump some 30 feet long which has been passed to a further 49 feet before becoming too tight. Right ascends some climbs past a roomy chamber into a tight, wet passage to where the airspace becomes minimal.[1]
The cave was originally explored by members of the Northern Pennine Club in 1960,[1] and extended in 1982 by Ian Broadhurst and Dave Lamont.[2] The sump was dived by members of the Cave Diving Group in 1975.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smith, Brian (1967). "Around Hell Gill - Mallerstang". Northen Pennine Club 3 (1). http://www.pennine.demon.co.uk/NPC/1967/HELLGILL.HTM. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
- ↑ Broadhurst, Ian (August 1982). "Eden Sike Cave Extension". Caves & Caving (British Cave Research Association) (17): 25.