Long Drop Cave
| Area: | Leck Fell |
|---|---|
| Grade: | 3 |
| NGR: | SD66977917 |
| Lat/long: | 54.2072, -2.50788 |
| Elevation: | 351m |
| Length: | 283 m (Part of the Three Counties System) |
| Depth: | 82m (Depth to Death's Head Hole main chamber) |
| Rock Type: | Great Scar Limestone |
Access
CNCC
Exploration
- Extended 1965 GC
- Extended 1981 BCC
References
| Publication | Title | Club | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal, volume 5, number 15, page 60-64 (1922) | The Leck Fell Pot Holes | YRC | S.W.C. |
| The Gritstone Club Journal, volume 5, number 1 (1951) | Deaths Head Pot | GC | Hodgson, E.R. |
| The Gritstone Club Journal New Series, number 2, page 26-29 (August 1966) | Long Drop Cave | GC | Hobbs, R. |
| The Speleologist, volume 2, number 6, page 10 (April 1966) | Long Drop Cave Leck Fell | GC | |
| NSG Bulletin, page 2 (March 1967) | NSG | Anon. | |
| The Gritstone Club Journal New series, number 3, page 29-35 (Autumn 1970) | Leck Fell - Recent developments and theories | GC | Sutcliffe, J.R. |
| The Gritstone Club Journal New Series, number 4 (1974) | Long Drop Cave, High Stream Passage | GC | Forder, J. & Sutcliffe, J.R. |
| Caves & Caving, number 16, page 8 (Feb 1982) | Long Drop Cave (Humble Inlet) | BCC | |
| Descent, number 51, page 13 (March/April 1982) | Extending Long Drop | BCC | |
| The Gritstone Club Journal New Series, number 6, page 89-90 (1985) | The Deaths Head Hole - Long Drop Link | GC | Sutcliffe, R. |
| The Annual Journal of the Burnley Caving Club, page 9-26 (1994) | The Cave finds and extensions made by the Burnley Caving Club 1950-1994 | BCC | Nadin, J. |
References
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.
The Gritstone Club Journal, volume 5, number 1 (1951)
Title: Deaths Head Pot
Club: GC
Author: Hodgson, E.R.
The Gritstone Club Journal New Series, number 2, page 26-29 (August 1966)
Title: Long Drop Cave
Club: GC
Author: Hobbs, R.
The Speleologist, volume 2, number 6, page 10 (April 1966)
Title: Long Drop Cave Leck Fell
Club: GC
NSG Bulletin, page 2 (March 1967)
Title:
Club: NSG
Author: Anon.
The Gritstone Club Journal New series, number 3, page 29-35 (Autumn 1970)
Title: Leck Fell - Recent developments and theories
Club: GC
Author: Sutcliffe, J.R.
The Gritstone Club Journal New Series, number 4 (1974)
Title: Long Drop Cave, High Stream Passage
Club: GC
Author: Forder, J. & Sutcliffe, J.R.
Caves & Caving, number 16, page 8 (Feb 1982)
Title: Long Drop Cave (Humble Inlet)
Club: BCC
Descent, number 51, page 13 (March/April 1982)
Title: Extending Long Drop
Club: BCC
The Gritstone Club Journal New Series, number 6, page 89-90 (1985)
Title: The Deaths Head Hole - Long Drop Link
Club: GC
Author: Sutcliffe, R.
The Annual Journal of the Burnley Caving Club, page 9-26 (1994)
Title: The Cave finds and extensions made by the Burnley Caving Club 1950-1994
Club: BCC
Author: Nadin, J.
