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I?m in the hunt for a mysterious newsletter that may have been produced by the Cave Projects Group some time in the mid-1970s, that might contain information on some caves in Ireland.
The back-story is that the Shannon Group have been exploring a remote karst area in county Leitrim that hasn't been visited since the mid-1970s, and are currently trying to find out what work has been previously been done on the area. We know that the Cave Projects Group were active in the area in 1974/75, and they produced a number of large-scale maps of the area marking a multitude of potholes. Group members also briefly describe explorations in their own club journals, like the Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club Newsletter. Unfortunately we have little idea as to what they actually explored. The fifth CPG newsletter mentions that a lot of work was happening in Leitrim, and that the findings would be published 'in either a Birmingham University SS Journal or a further CPG newsletter'.
The BCRA library has Newsletters 1-5, which were produced between 1970 and 1974. The BCRA library also catalogues a ?new series?, though there?s nothing in their collection beyond the first five newsletters. The BCRA librarian isn?t really sure what this ?new series? refers to - and the person who produced the catalogue can?t be tracked down right now. The information isn?t in a BUSS journal either since there?s none later than an expedition report produced in 1974.
So does anyone know anything about a possible sixth Newsletter by the Cave Projects Group - one that might have been produced some time around 1975 and contains information on caves in county Leitrim in Ireland?
Here's the BCRA Library entry for the CPG Newsletter:
http://caving-library.org.uk/catalogue/BCL/code/php/library.php?action=search&lib=&type=any&search=title&search_string=Newsletter&title=Newsletter&orig=Cave%20Projects%20Group%20(CPG)
The back-story is that the Shannon Group have been exploring a remote karst area in county Leitrim that hasn't been visited since the mid-1970s, and are currently trying to find out what work has been previously been done on the area. We know that the Cave Projects Group were active in the area in 1974/75, and they produced a number of large-scale maps of the area marking a multitude of potholes. Group members also briefly describe explorations in their own club journals, like the Royal Forest of Dean Caving Club Newsletter. Unfortunately we have little idea as to what they actually explored. The fifth CPG newsletter mentions that a lot of work was happening in Leitrim, and that the findings would be published 'in either a Birmingham University SS Journal or a further CPG newsletter'.
The BCRA library has Newsletters 1-5, which were produced between 1970 and 1974. The BCRA library also catalogues a ?new series?, though there?s nothing in their collection beyond the first five newsletters. The BCRA librarian isn?t really sure what this ?new series? refers to - and the person who produced the catalogue can?t be tracked down right now. The information isn?t in a BUSS journal either since there?s none later than an expedition report produced in 1974.
So does anyone know anything about a possible sixth Newsletter by the Cave Projects Group - one that might have been produced some time around 1975 and contains information on caves in county Leitrim in Ireland?
Here's the BCRA Library entry for the CPG Newsletter:
http://caving-library.org.uk/catalogue/BCL/code/php/library.php?action=search&lib=&type=any&search=title&search_string=Newsletter&title=Newsletter&orig=Cave%20Projects%20Group%20(CPG)