Gavel Pot
| Area: | Leck Fell |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 3 |
| NGR: | SD66647903 |
| Lat/long: | 54.2059, -2.51293 |
| Elevation: | 323m |
| Length: | 1.97km (Part of the Three Counties System) |
| Depth: | 114m (Dived to 174m) |
| Rock Type: | Great Scar Limestone |
Warning
Final pitches are liable to flooding.
Access
CNCC
Hydrology
Water from Notts II has been traced to Gavel Pot upstream sump. Drains to Leck Beck Head.
Exploration
- Explored 1970 NPC/CPC
- Extended 1971-89 CDG
References
| Publication | Title | Club | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 5, number 17, page 243 | Leck Fell, Gavel Pot | YRC | Anon. |
| The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 4, number 14 | Leck Fell | YRC | Anon. |
| The Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands., page 273 (1892) | Speight, H | ||
| Procs of yorks. Geolog&Polytec Soc, volume 13, page 433-443 (Nov 1898) | Notes on the caves of Yorkshire (part 2) | Cuttriss, S.W. | |
| The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 5, number 15, page 60-64 (1922) | The Leck Fell Pot Holes | YRC | S.W.C. |
| Gritstone Club Journal, volume 3, number 1 (1926) | "Low Douk Pot" 1885 - (Gavel Pot) | GC | C.H. |
| The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 6, number 19, page 60-62 (1930) | Gavel Pot in 1885 | Hastings, C. | |
| NCFC Logbook (1937) | 17/18th April 1937 Leck Fell | NCFC | Rowe, R. |
| NCFC Logbook (1937) | 13/14 June 1936 A poor day on Leck Fell | NCFC | Roberts, E.E. |
| Journal of the LUCC, number 10 (Autumn 1969) | Gavel Pot | NPC | Anon. |
| Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 4, page 174-176 (Nov 1969) | Local News and discoveries | NPC | Mellor, D. |
| Descent, number 4, page 8 (May 1969) | NPC in Gavel | NPC | |
| The Bulletin of the British Speleological Assoc., number 85, page 13-15 (April 1970) | Some thoughts on the "Three Counties System". | Long, M.H. | |
| Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 4, page 201-202 (Nov 1970) | October Series, Gavel Pot | CPC | Champion, A. |
| Descent, number 15, page 11 (November 1970) | Craven push Gavel | CPC | |
| The Gritstone Club Journal New series, number 3, page 29-35 (Autumn 1970) | Leck Fell - Recent developments and theories | GC | Sutcliffe, R. |
| ULSA Review, number 7, page 1 (September 1970) | Discoveries and Extensions | HWCPC | Anon. |
| Descent, number 15, page 9 (November 1970) | Fitful autumn for the Kendal | KCC | |
| ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970) | Discoveries and Extensions, Gavel Pot | NPC | Crabtree, H. |
| Journal of the British Speleological Association, volume 6, number 48, page 29-32 (December 1971) | Leck Fell and the Three Counties System | Waltham, A.C. | |
| ULSA Review, number 8, page 1 (July 1971) | Discoveries and Extensions | CPC | Anon. |
| KCC Journal, number 6 (1971) | Gavel Pot | KCC | Anon. |
| ULSA Review, number 10, page 1 (June 1972) | Discoveries and Extensions | ICCC | Anon. |
| Journal of the RRCPC, number 6, page 8 (1972) | The Gavel Pot Floodpulse Test | RRCPC | Whiteside, P.E. |
| ULSA Review, number 11, page 1 (February 1973) | Discoveries and Extensions | CDG | Anon. |
| Descent, number 24, page 4 (July 1973) | Cave Diving : Up North | CGD | Yeandle, D. |
| Descent, number 23, page 17 (April 1973) | Flood Pulse Tests | RRCPC | |
| ULSA Review, number 12, page 5 (March 1974) | Review of Northern Cave Diving | CDG | Latham, A. |
| Journal of the CPC, volume 5, number 3, page 174 (Nov 1975) | For the Record | CPC | |
| Descent, page 25 (May/June 1975) | Geoff Yeadon breaks two diving records | KCC/CDG | |
| The Caver - NCC Journal, number 3, page 41 (March 1975) | Gavel Pot, Leck fell | NCC | Anon. |
| ULSA Review, number 14, page 1 (August 1976) | Digs and Discoveries | CDG | Anon. |
| ULSA Review, number 14, page 1 (August 1976) | Digs and Discoveries | CPC | Anon. |
| Caves & Caving, number 27, page 10-12 (Feb 1985) | Diving under Leck Fell | Geoff Yeadon | |
| Descent, number 67, page 13 (November/December 1985) | Gavel Pot sump bottomed at 207ft - a british record on air | CDG | |
| Descent, number 72, page 13 (September/October 1986) | 'Imminent' Gavel-Pippikin link will produce 40-mile system | CDG | |
| Caves & Caving, number 32, page 2 (May 1986) | Gavel Pot - Glasfurds Passage | EPC | Peter Morgan |
| The Caver - NCC Journal, page 78-79 (1986) | Gavel Pot - Downstream Sump. | NCC | Watson, I. |
| NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 21-23 (January 1987) | Upstream Gavel - Trimix diving | NPC | Palmer, R |
| Descent, number 83, page 6 (August/September 1988) | Gavel Pot | CDG | |
| Caves & Caving, number 46, page 16 (Winter 1989) | Gavel Pot Collapse | ||
| Descent, number 91, page 13 (Dec/Jan 1989) | Gavel Pot | ||
| Descent, number 89, page 16 (Aug/Sept 1989) | The Pippikin connection | CDG | |
| Descent, number 88, page 5 (June/July 1989) | Major northern link completed | CDG | |
| The Caver - NCC Journal, page 1-6 (1989) | Pippikin-Lost Johns-Gavel | NCC | Yeadon, G. |
| ULSA Explorations Journal II, page 126 (August 1989) | Section 12, Easegill, Other activities | ULSA | Monico, P. |
| Caves & Caving, number 48, page 14 (Summer 1990) | Gavel Pot | EPC | |
| NPC Explorations Journal unpublished 1995, page 37-39 (Sept 1995) | Gavel Pot | NPC | Smith, B. |
| Descent, number 130, page 10 (June/July 1996) | Gavel Pot: the 1885 ladder | Steven Craven | |
| Descent, number 128, page 17 (Feb/Mar 1996) | Diving News | CDG | |
| CPC Record, number 75, page 36-40 (July 2004) | Gavel Pot, Leck Fell, and brief biographies of its early explorers, William Ecroyd and the Hastings | Craven,S.A. | |
| Descent, number 215, page 18-22 (Aug/Sept 2010) | The Three Counties Chasing a dream | MMMMC | Walsh, A. |
| Descent, number 232, page 10 (June 2013) | Cave Science on Leck Fell | Peachey, I. | |
| Journal of the RRCPC, number 11, page 222 (July 2016) | Gavel Pot, Southbound Passage | RRCPC | Carlise, J. |
References
The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 5, number 17, page 243
Title: Leck Fell, Gavel Pot
Club: YRC
Author: Anon.
The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 4, number 14
Title: Leck Fell
Club: YRC
Author: Anon.
The Craven and North-West Yorkshire Highlands., page 273 (1892)
Title:
Author: Speight, H
Procs of yorks. Geolog&Polytec Soc, volume 13, page 433-443 (Nov 1898)
Title: Notes on the caves of Yorkshire (part 2)
Author: Cuttriss, S.W.
The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 5, number 15, page 60-64 (1922)
Title: The Leck Fell Pot Holes
Club: YRC
Author: S.W.C.
Gritstone Club Journal, volume 3, number 1 (1926)
Title: "Low Douk Pot" 1885 - (Gavel Pot)
Club: GC
Author: C.H.
The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 6, number 19, page 60-62 (1930)
Title: Gavel Pot in 1885
Author: Hastings, C.
NCFC Logbook (1937)
Title: 17/18th April 1937 Leck Fell
Club: NCFC
Author: Rowe, R.
NCFC Logbook (1937)
Title: 13/14 June 1936 A poor day on Leck Fell
Club: NCFC
Author: Roberts, E.E.
Journal of the LUCC, number 10 (Autumn 1969)
Title: Gavel Pot
Club: NPC
Author: Anon.
Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 4, page 174-176 (Nov 1969)
Title: Local News and discoveries
Club: NPC
Author: Mellor, D.
Descent, number 4, page 8 (May 1969)
Title: NPC in Gavel
Club: NPC
The Bulletin of the British Speleological Assoc., number 85, page 13-15 (April 1970)
Title: Some thoughts on the "Three Counties System".
Author: Long, M.H.
Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 4, page 201-202 (Nov 1970)
Title: October Series, Gavel Pot
Club: CPC
Author: Champion, A.
Descent, number 15, page 11 (November 1970)
Title: Craven push Gavel
Club: CPC
The Gritstone Club Journal New series, number 3, page 29-35 (Autumn 1970)
Title: Leck Fell - Recent developments and theories
Club: GC
Author: Sutcliffe, R.
ULSA Review, number 7, page 1 (September 1970)
Title: Discoveries and Extensions
Club: HWCPC
Author: Anon.
Descent, number 15, page 9 (November 1970)
Title: Fitful autumn for the Kendal
Club: KCC
ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970)
Title: Discoveries and Extensions, Gavel Pot
Club: NPC
Author: Crabtree, H.
Journal of the British Speleological Association, volume 6, number 48, page 29-32 (December 1971)
Title: Leck Fell and the Three Counties System
Author: Waltham, A.C.
ULSA Review, number 8, page 1 (July 1971)
Title: Discoveries and Extensions
Club: CPC
Author: Anon.
KCC Journal, number 6 (1971)
Title: Gavel Pot
Club: KCC
Author: Anon.
ULSA Review, number 10, page 1 (June 1972)
Title: Discoveries and Extensions
Club: ICCC
Author: Anon.
Journal of the RRCPC, number 6, page 8 (1972)
Title: The Gavel Pot Floodpulse Test
Club: RRCPC
Author: Whiteside, P.E.
ULSA Review, number 11, page 1 (February 1973)
Title: Discoveries and Extensions
Club: CDG
Author: Anon.
Descent, number 24, page 4 (July 1973)
Title: Cave Diving : Up North
Club: CGD
Author: Yeandle, D.
Descent, number 23, page 17 (April 1973)
Title: Flood Pulse Tests
Club: RRCPC
ULSA Review, number 12, page 5 (March 1974)
Title: Review of Northern Cave Diving
Club: CDG
Author: Latham, A.
Journal of the CPC, volume 5, number 3, page 174 (Nov 1975)
Title: For the Record
Club: CPC
Descent, page 25 (May/June 1975)
Title: Geoff Yeadon breaks two diving records
Club: KCC/CDG
The Caver - NCC Journal, number 3, page 41 (March 1975)
Title: Gavel Pot, Leck fell
Club: NCC
Author: Anon.
ULSA Review, number 14, page 1 (August 1976)
Title: Digs and Discoveries
Club: CDG
Author: Anon.
ULSA Review, number 14, page 1 (August 1976)
Title: Digs and Discoveries
Club: CPC
Author: Anon.
Caves & Caving, number 27, page 10-12 (Feb 1985)
Title: Diving under Leck Fell
Author: Geoff Yeadon
Descent, number 67, page 13 (November/December 1985)
Title: Gavel Pot sump bottomed at 207ft - a british record on air
Club: CDG
Descent, number 72, page 13 (September/October 1986)
Title: 'Imminent' Gavel-Pippikin link will produce 40-mile system
Club: CDG
Caves & Caving, number 32, page 2 (May 1986)
Title: Gavel Pot - Glasfurds Passage
Club: EPC
Author: Peter Morgan
The Caver - NCC Journal, page 78-79 (1986)
Title: Gavel Pot - Downstream Sump.
Club: NCC
Author: Watson, I.
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 21-23 (January 1987)
Title: Upstream Gavel - Trimix diving
Club: NPC
Author: Palmer, R
Descent, number 83, page 6 (August/September 1988)
Title: Gavel Pot
Club: CDG
Caves & Caving, number 46, page 16 (Winter 1989)
Title: Gavel Pot Collapse
Descent, number 91, page 13 (Dec/Jan 1989)
Title: Gavel Pot
Descent, number 89, page 16 (Aug/Sept 1989)
Title: The Pippikin connection
Club: CDG
Descent, number 88, page 5 (June/July 1989)
Title: Major northern link completed
Club: CDG
The Caver - NCC Journal, page 1-6 (1989)
Title: Pippikin-Lost Johns-Gavel
Club: NCC
Author: Yeadon, G.
ULSA Explorations Journal II, page 126 (August 1989)
Title: Section 12, Easegill, Other activities
Club: ULSA
Author: Monico, P.
Caves & Caving, number 48, page 14 (Summer 1990)
Title: Gavel Pot
Club: EPC
NPC Explorations Journal unpublished 1995, page 37-39 (Sept 1995)
Title: Gavel Pot
Club: NPC
Author: Smith, B.
Descent, number 130, page 10 (June/July 1996)
Title: Gavel Pot: the 1885 ladder
Author: Steven Craven
Descent, number 128, page 17 (Feb/Mar 1996)
Title: Diving News
Club: CDG
CPC Record, number 75, page 36-40 (July 2004)
Title: Gavel Pot, Leck Fell, and brief biographies of its early explorers, William Ecroyd and the Hastings
Author: Craven,S.A.
Descent, number 215, page 18-22 (Aug/Sept 2010)
Title: The Three Counties Chasing a dream
Club: MMMMC
Author: Walsh, A.
Descent, number 232, page 10 (June 2013)
Title: Cave Science on Leck Fell
Author: Peachey, I.
Journal of the RRCPC, number 11, page 222 (July 2016)
Title: Gavel Pot, Southbound Passage
Club: RRCPC
Author: Carlise, J.
