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Here are the answers to the Xmas 2010 Cave Maps quiz. If you haven't already tried it, then go here http://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?topic=11212.0 and give it a try before reading any further.
Answers
1. Spectacle Pot
2. Diccan Pot
3. Lancaster Hole
4. Pippikin Pot
5. Oxford Pot
6. Brown Hill Pot
7. Lost Caverns Grassington Moor
8. Boggarts Roaring Hole
9. Howgill Sink - Ease Gill
10. Goyden Pot
11. Nott's Pot
12. Browgill Cave
13. Gavel Pot
14. Trident Series - Ease Gill
15. Yockenthwaite Cave
16. Death's Head - Big Meanie
17. Gaping Gill
18. Lante Shop Cave
19. Lower Long Churn
20. Roaring Hole
Background Info on the Surveys
1. Spectacle Pot
From a survey by Ged Dodd of the Old Black Rose club after he dug through the tight entrance crawl. No one believed him when he said he'd found a massive pitch, and it seems he didn't have enough ladders to descend it.
2. Diccan Pot
From a 1932 survey by Eli Simpson. It may not have been drawn up by Simpson as it's marked "Wilson 1934"
3. Lancaster Hole
An unfamiliar view of a familiar cave, from an elevation of unknown origin showing Cow Pot and Lancaster Hole. The very well known 1967 Ashmead survey shows a very similar view.
4. Pippikin Pot
This is a rather beguiling sketch of unknown origin (initialled AW) showing Pippikin Pot (also Nippikin Pot) before the breakthrough to the main series of pitches. It seems to show the the first pitch (10'), a blind 23' pitch that isn't shown on later surveys, the 40' Cellar Pot pitch that you now traverse over and at the bottom of that a 10' pitch, which might be an up-climb to one of the inlets. It bears little resemblance to later surveys.
5. Oxford Pot
This was the main way into Ease Gill Caverns before it became blocked and was superseded by County Pot. This is an extract from a 1951 drawing by W.Danson based on surveys by Gemmel, Thornber, Myers and others, it shows the route from Oxford Pot to Spout Hall via 'The Snake'.
6. Brown Hill Pot
From a drawing of uncertain origin, though most likely an early draft or a copy of the NCC survey.
7. The Lost Caverns of Grassington Moor
These caverns were explored by miners in the nineteenth century and are now inaccessible. This drawing, of unknown origin, has some intriguing differences to others and it is not clear whether this is due to copying errors or differences in the original miner's drawings.
8. Boggart's Roaring Hole
This RRCPC survey of the 2001 extensions suggests a cave of Alpine proportions. In fact it is 135m deep with nine pitches. It is described in NFTFH.
9. Howgill Sink - Ease Gill
This is a Red Rose survey by D. Creedy. The named features match the description in NC3
10. Goyden Pot
This snippet is from the original prewar Butterfield survey - it shows the Main Entrance and Back Steps Entrance down to the Main Chamber. It is very similar in outline to the ULSA/YURT drawing featured in NC1.
11. Nott's Pot
Where else could this be but Nott's Pot - the most complex vertical maze in Britain. The drawing is a small extract from the exhaustively detailed and totally incomprehensible BUSS survey of 1970.
12. Browgill Cave and the connection to Calf Holes
This is from the definitive 1970 Allonby-Beck survey of Calf Holes and Browgill Cave
13. Gavel Pot
This is a digital extract from the comprehensive Leck Fell compilation survey drawn by Hatherly in 1983 (based on Tony Waltham's 1970 Compilation) and published by the BCRA. The problem with compilation surveys is that the individual overlayed caves can be very hard to pick out. Here is an illustration of how digital technology can solve this problem.
14. Trident Series - Ease Gill
A masterpiece of 3d maze mapping by the Red Rose club.
15. Yockenthwaite Cave
This previously unpublished 1950 survey by Don Robinson (UWFRA) is the only known survey of this rarely visited Wharfedale cave
16. Death's Head - Big Meanie
This is another digital extract from the 1983 Hatherly compilation survey of Leck Fell
17. Gaping Gill
A cross section of Gaping Gill showing parts of Main Chamber, Mud Hall, Bar Pot, Disappointment Pot and Henslars Crawl from the 1968 PUSA survey
18. Lante Shop Cave
From the 1939 BSA survey, this cave lies in the wilderness area to the north of Penyghent about as far from any road as it is possible to be.
19. Lower Long Churn
From the 1931 survey by Eli Simpson and the Leeds Cave Club, prior to the formation of the BSA.
20. Roaring Hole
This ULSA survey is from the 1960's before the major breakthroughs were achieved. It is from a very large compilation survey of Chapel-le-Dale that covers the area from Black Shiver Pot to Roaring Hole that was not widely published. The main cave is not shown - it hadn't been discovered yet - the passage shown on this survey is Cramp Crawl, which is described in the guidebook but didn't appear on the later surveys.
Answers
1. Spectacle Pot
2. Diccan Pot
3. Lancaster Hole
4. Pippikin Pot
5. Oxford Pot
6. Brown Hill Pot
7. Lost Caverns Grassington Moor
8. Boggarts Roaring Hole
9. Howgill Sink - Ease Gill
10. Goyden Pot
11. Nott's Pot
12. Browgill Cave
13. Gavel Pot
14. Trident Series - Ease Gill
15. Yockenthwaite Cave
16. Death's Head - Big Meanie
17. Gaping Gill
18. Lante Shop Cave
19. Lower Long Churn
20. Roaring Hole
Background Info on the Surveys
1. Spectacle Pot
From a survey by Ged Dodd of the Old Black Rose club after he dug through the tight entrance crawl. No one believed him when he said he'd found a massive pitch, and it seems he didn't have enough ladders to descend it.
2. Diccan Pot
From a 1932 survey by Eli Simpson. It may not have been drawn up by Simpson as it's marked "Wilson 1934"
3. Lancaster Hole
An unfamiliar view of a familiar cave, from an elevation of unknown origin showing Cow Pot and Lancaster Hole. The very well known 1967 Ashmead survey shows a very similar view.
4. Pippikin Pot
This is a rather beguiling sketch of unknown origin (initialled AW) showing Pippikin Pot (also Nippikin Pot) before the breakthrough to the main series of pitches. It seems to show the the first pitch (10'), a blind 23' pitch that isn't shown on later surveys, the 40' Cellar Pot pitch that you now traverse over and at the bottom of that a 10' pitch, which might be an up-climb to one of the inlets. It bears little resemblance to later surveys.
5. Oxford Pot
This was the main way into Ease Gill Caverns before it became blocked and was superseded by County Pot. This is an extract from a 1951 drawing by W.Danson based on surveys by Gemmel, Thornber, Myers and others, it shows the route from Oxford Pot to Spout Hall via 'The Snake'.
6. Brown Hill Pot
From a drawing of uncertain origin, though most likely an early draft or a copy of the NCC survey.
7. The Lost Caverns of Grassington Moor
These caverns were explored by miners in the nineteenth century and are now inaccessible. This drawing, of unknown origin, has some intriguing differences to others and it is not clear whether this is due to copying errors or differences in the original miner's drawings.
8. Boggart's Roaring Hole
This RRCPC survey of the 2001 extensions suggests a cave of Alpine proportions. In fact it is 135m deep with nine pitches. It is described in NFTFH.
9. Howgill Sink - Ease Gill
This is a Red Rose survey by D. Creedy. The named features match the description in NC3
10. Goyden Pot
This snippet is from the original prewar Butterfield survey - it shows the Main Entrance and Back Steps Entrance down to the Main Chamber. It is very similar in outline to the ULSA/YURT drawing featured in NC1.
11. Nott's Pot
Where else could this be but Nott's Pot - the most complex vertical maze in Britain. The drawing is a small extract from the exhaustively detailed and totally incomprehensible BUSS survey of 1970.
12. Browgill Cave and the connection to Calf Holes
This is from the definitive 1970 Allonby-Beck survey of Calf Holes and Browgill Cave
13. Gavel Pot
This is a digital extract from the comprehensive Leck Fell compilation survey drawn by Hatherly in 1983 (based on Tony Waltham's 1970 Compilation) and published by the BCRA. The problem with compilation surveys is that the individual overlayed caves can be very hard to pick out. Here is an illustration of how digital technology can solve this problem.
14. Trident Series - Ease Gill
A masterpiece of 3d maze mapping by the Red Rose club.
15. Yockenthwaite Cave
This previously unpublished 1950 survey by Don Robinson (UWFRA) is the only known survey of this rarely visited Wharfedale cave
16. Death's Head - Big Meanie
This is another digital extract from the 1983 Hatherly compilation survey of Leck Fell
17. Gaping Gill
A cross section of Gaping Gill showing parts of Main Chamber, Mud Hall, Bar Pot, Disappointment Pot and Henslars Crawl from the 1968 PUSA survey
18. Lante Shop Cave
From the 1939 BSA survey, this cave lies in the wilderness area to the north of Penyghent about as far from any road as it is possible to be.
19. Lower Long Churn
From the 1931 survey by Eli Simpson and the Leeds Cave Club, prior to the formation of the BSA.
20. Roaring Hole
This ULSA survey is from the 1960's before the major breakthroughs were achieved. It is from a very large compilation survey of Chapel-le-Dale that covers the area from Black Shiver Pot to Roaring Hole that was not widely published. The main cave is not shown - it hadn't been discovered yet - the passage shown on this survey is Cramp Crawl, which is described in the guidebook but didn't appear on the later surveys.
