Yellow Gill Pot

Area: Dentdale
Grade: 3
NGR: SD712864
Lat/long: 54.2724, -2.44373
Elevation: 172m
Length: 200 m
Depth: 15m
Rock Type: Great Scar Limestone

Warning

The low passages below the pitch may flood to the roof in wet weather, and the three squeezes are impossible for all but the smallest cavers.

Exploration

  • Explored 1983 LCCC

References

Publication Title Club Author
Caves & Caving, number 20, page 17 (May 1983) Yellow Gill Pot, Dentdale LC&CC Karl Lunt
Descent, number 54, page 6-8 (August 1983) Yellow Gill - 650ft Pot found in Dentdale LCCC
Lancashire Caving and Climbing Club Bulletin, page 39-40 (1986) The discovery and exploration of Yellow Gill Pot LCCC Lunt, K.

References

Caves & Caving, number 20, page 17 (May 1983)

Title: Yellow Gill Pot, Dentdale

Club: LC&CC

Author: Karl Lunt


Descent, number 54, page 6-8 (August 1983)

Title: Yellow Gill - 650ft Pot found in Dentdale

Club: LCCC


Lancashire Caving and Climbing Club Bulletin, page 39-40 (1986)

Title: The discovery and exploration of Yellow Gill Pot

Club: LCCC

Author: Lunt, K.