Three Counties System [3 Counties]
Rumbling Hole
54.206650,-2.505610
Location
See : Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, in English, > article "Rumbling Hole" : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbling_Hole
Description
General description
The entrance shaft descends some 50 metres (160 ft), and the way on is through the water descending from Rumbling Beck Cave above into a fault passage. Four further pitches descend into a chamber to a low canal passage. Upstream gets too low after some 60 metres, but downstream has been forced round some awkward bends and through some ducks into Rumbling Hole Inlet in Lost Johns' Cave. This section of cave is about 250 metres (820 ft) long. An alternative route begins from a passage entered a few metres below the west end of the entrance shaft. These passages are, in the main, tighter and more complex than the main route, but the main passage descends an alternative set of pitches to a sump which is believed to be the upstream sump of the inlet canal at the end of the main route. This set of passages, known as the Dead Dobbin Series, is about 350 metres (1,150 ft) long Source : * Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, in English, > article "Rumbling Hole" : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbling_Hole
History
Rumbling Hole was mentioned in 1842 by Jonathan Otley in his A Descriptive Guide to the English Lakes, and Adjacent Mountains. Balderstone described the entrance shaft in detail in 1881 in Ingleton – Bygone and Present, and plumbed it at 150 feet (46 m). The first descent of the entrance shaft was by Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1899, but they reported that the outlet finished in a pool. In 1926 a team from the same club penetrated the outlet fissure for some distance, but were discouraged by the poor weather. In 1931 a return trip saw the first of the underground pitches descended, and the first complete descent was made in June 1932. The bottom passage was forced through to Lost Johns' Cave by a Lancaster University Speleological Society team in 1985. The Dead Dobbin Series was explored by the Misty Mountain Mud Miners in 2007. Source : * Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, in English, > article "Rumbling Hole" : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumbling_Hole
Other entrances in this network
| Distance (km) | Name |
|---|---|
| 0.2 | Short Drop Cave |
| 0.2 | Long Drop Cave |
| 0.3 | Death's Head Hole |
| 0.5 | Lost Johns' Cave |
| 0.5 | Gavel Pot |
| 0.9 | Notts 2 [Notts II] |
| 1.0 | Pippikin Pot |
| 1.3 | Mistral Hole |
| 1.3 | Notts Pot |
| 1.3 | Link Pot |
| 1.4 | Witches Cave |
| 1.5 | County Pot |
| 1.5 | Cow Dubs II |
| 1.6 | Wretched Rabbit |
| 1.6 | Corner Sink |
| 1.7 | Pool Sink |
| 1.7 | Borehole (The) |
| 1.7 | Slit Sinks |
| 1.8 | Ireby Fell Cavern |
| 1.8 | Lancaster Hole |
| 1.9 | Cow Pot |
| 2.2 | Top Sink |
| 2.4 | Low Douk Cave |
| 2.4 | Bull Pot of the Witches |
| 2.5 | Large Pot |
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.2 | Long Drop Cave | 90000 | 253 |
| 0.3 | Death's Head Hole | 90000 | 253 |
| 0.5 | Lost Johns' Cave | 90000 | 253 |
| 1.3 | Link Pot | 90000 | 253 |
| 1.3 | Mistral Hole | 90000 | 253 |
| 1.5 | Cow Dubs II | 90000 | 253 |
| 1.5 | County Pot | 90000 | 253 |
| 1.6 | Corner Sink | 90000 | 253 |
| 1.6 | Wretched Rabbit | 90000 | 253 |