Death's Head Hole

Histoire

The first descent was by the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club in 1889, when they reached the bottom of the Main Chamber, and noted the stream entering from the east. In 1892 the cave was referred to as "Hell Hole" by the local historian and writer Harry Speight, who mistakenly reported that "the true bottom has never been reached". The inlet passage in Lost Johns' Cave was noted by the Yorkshire Ramblers on their original exploration in 1928, but the water was assumed to originate from Gavel Pot. The connection with Lost Johns' Cave was opened up, by a team from a variety of clubs, in 2011. The waterfall in the Main Chamber was climbed in 1949 by members of the Gritstone Club, who explored East Passage and Dolphin Passage, the inlet from Long Drop Cave. The connection with Long Drop Cave was made after bailing the short section of waterlogged passage, by the Gritstone Club in 1981. The entrance to Big Meanie was dug open by Manchester University Speleological Society (MUSS) in 1971. The connection with Death's Head Hole was opened up in the same year by a joint team from MUSS, Happy Wanderers Cave and Pothole Club, and Northern Cave Club digging through a boulder obstacle. Source : * Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, in English, > article "Death's Head Hole" : Death's Head Hole BTH - 13/03/2026