I went for a wander and a wild camp with some friends last weekend on Wild Boar Fell. We'd been lured there by a certain travelling cave-equipment salesperson, who claimed that there were caverns measureless to man in the thick limestone below the gritstone cap. It's certainly an impressive place, and we wandered happily along the NE flank of the fell, following the line of shakeholes and poking around to see what we could find. Lacking any ladders or ropes, we didn't descend anything that weekend.
Now, Northern Caves lists these as the Angerholme Pots, 1-27 with a few extra ones. Mary at the British Caving Library has very kindly sent over a scan of the Gritstone Club journal from 1985 which reports that club's exploration efforts. Each cave gets only a brief write up, and so it's never entirely clear what blocked further progress, leaving the tantalising possibility that with a bit of work there might be some interesting cave there.
I would be surprised if no one has been back in the previous 35 years, but I can't find anything written down. Does anyone have any further information? We were particularly taken with some of the more northern, higher altitude pots with plentiful water flowing in.
Now, Northern Caves lists these as the Angerholme Pots, 1-27 with a few extra ones. Mary at the British Caving Library has very kindly sent over a scan of the Gritstone Club journal from 1985 which reports that club's exploration efforts. Each cave gets only a brief write up, and so it's never entirely clear what blocked further progress, leaving the tantalising possibility that with a bit of work there might be some interesting cave there.
I would be surprised if no one has been back in the previous 35 years, but I can't find anything written down. Does anyone have any further information? We were particularly taken with some of the more northern, higher altitude pots with plentiful water flowing in.