Pete K
Well-known member
Hi and thanks for looking.
The DCA Cave Registry is an online database for cave and mine sites in the DCA area. We currently have 769 sites listed, some of which show location, entrance photos, description, rigging guides and surveys. Sadly, a lot of those sites do not yet have half of that information. DCA volunteers are busy updating the entries all the time but rely on details submitted by you lot. There is not the time or manpower to complete the registry in house, especially as it is all done by volunteers with jobs and social lives.
Right now, DCA would love to have more entrance photos. If you are planning on going underground, or for a walk, please check the registry to see if there are any entries that need a picture and take a camera with you. The photo only needs to show the entrance in enough clarity that a caver stood there would recognise they were at the right site from your photograph. Please don't post pictures here or on the DCA Facebook page. Email them directly to the DCA Cave Registry Secretry via https://thedca.org.uk/home/contacts
The DCA Registry can be viewed here and you're encouraged to take a look if you've not used it yet.
https://registry.thedca.org.uk/registry/registrysearch.php
If you really fancy making a seriously useful and appreciated contribution to the DCA Registry, we'd love people to take a patch of land (e.g. their favourite walk) and check the listed sites for entry photos, grid reference accuracy and any other info that is missing.
Right now there is no list of what data is missing from the registry so it is best to view it just before heading out to get some pics. If you are planning a good long walk with this as a goal, as some people have been doing this year, perhaps email the Reg Sec first to check you're not duplicating work.
Thanks for any and all help on this.
Pete K
posting on behalf of the DCA team.
The DCA Cave Registry is an online database for cave and mine sites in the DCA area. We currently have 769 sites listed, some of which show location, entrance photos, description, rigging guides and surveys. Sadly, a lot of those sites do not yet have half of that information. DCA volunteers are busy updating the entries all the time but rely on details submitted by you lot. There is not the time or manpower to complete the registry in house, especially as it is all done by volunteers with jobs and social lives.
Right now, DCA would love to have more entrance photos. If you are planning on going underground, or for a walk, please check the registry to see if there are any entries that need a picture and take a camera with you. The photo only needs to show the entrance in enough clarity that a caver stood there would recognise they were at the right site from your photograph. Please don't post pictures here or on the DCA Facebook page. Email them directly to the DCA Cave Registry Secretry via https://thedca.org.uk/home/contacts
The DCA Registry can be viewed here and you're encouraged to take a look if you've not used it yet.
https://registry.thedca.org.uk/registry/registrysearch.php
If you really fancy making a seriously useful and appreciated contribution to the DCA Registry, we'd love people to take a patch of land (e.g. their favourite walk) and check the listed sites for entry photos, grid reference accuracy and any other info that is missing.
Right now there is no list of what data is missing from the registry so it is best to view it just before heading out to get some pics. If you are planning a good long walk with this as a goal, as some people have been doing this year, perhaps email the Reg Sec first to check you're not duplicating work.
Thanks for any and all help on this.
Pete K
posting on behalf of the DCA team.