Thrope Edge Pot
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Regions \ Yorkshire Dales \ Wharfedale and the North East\ Thrope Edge Pot
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Parking is at the farm or on the road. Follow the Nidderdale way from the farm up the valley till it meets the river bed and straight opposite is the small entrance to New Goyden pot whilst down stream a few metres by the large tree is the entrance to Thrope Edge Pot. The entrance is covered by a metal lid and is on the line of Thrope Edge fault. Note: There is no access straight accross the fields from the road.
Access
Presently permission for access has been granted by Mr Harker of Thrope Farm, no need to call.
Description
Climb down the pot with care avoiding loose sections through to the scaffolding. Climb down the scaffolding and note the shotholes in the wall made by the original miners. Part way down the climb is a poised boulder and under that leads to a passage that goes under the river bed and heads towards the mining area on the hillside opposite. The main way on is to carry straight on down and under the arch into a standing height fault passage. Follow this to the holes in the floor. Traversing over the hole follows the fault passage and small stream to a choke. Down the hole (handline useful and maybe even a ladder for some) is the way on to New Goyden streamway. Climb down the hole ducking back under yourself onto the flowstone onto a bridge. Climb down the hole in the direction away from where you came in to land on the top of a waterfall. Climb down the left hand side of the waterfall to the base of South Avens. Crawl through the small rift at the base of the chamber through into the main stream passage of New Goyden pot. Upstream leads to the duck whilst downstream leads to the aven and SRT route into the system. Refer to New Goyden Pot for a description of the rest of the system.
History
Black Sheep Diggers opened the entrance in 2007. Harry Long and others originally dug in the river bed and found shotholes in the limestone beds with a view past a large boulder into South Avens. The shotholes and others visible within South Avens suggest the miners may well have been the first to enter New Goyden well before cavers from the CPC opened Dry Wath entrance and discovered the large stream passage beneath. Dry Wath entrance was subsequently replaced by the climbing of an aven in the main stream passage and creating a fine SRT route into the system.
References
Northern Caves 1 Wharfedale & North East
- Northern Caves Volume 1, Wharfedale and the North-East. Nidderdale section
