Eldon Hole Thoughts
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braveduck
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Well contact the Craven it was on their meet.
Next problem the sort of reseachers that were doing this are not SRT types(would need a winch).
There is another possable home made method you might use.
You can get a seismic profile by stiking a metal plate on the ground with a sledge hammer.
You still need the geophones and a computer etc..
Next problem the sort of reseachers that were doing this are not SRT types(would need a winch).
There is another possable home made method you might use.
You can get a seismic profile by stiking a metal plate on the ground with a sledge hammer.
You still need the geophones and a computer etc..
Mrs Trellis
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Just a few thoughts -
The shafts you mention imho are vein cavities; a form of speleogenesis seemingly confined to the Castleton area.
The excavation of the shaft mentioned in the 18thC accounts has long been a "project" of the EPC iirc. It was mentioned on the Credit Crunch expedition wish list; and Trevor Ford recommends it as a promising site for attention - along with the two huge dolines between Eldon Hole & the Slitherstones track.
Didn't Poole's use ground radar to find the big chamber which now has the borehole in?
The shafts you mention imho are vein cavities; a form of speleogenesis seemingly confined to the Castleton area.
The excavation of the shaft mentioned in the 18thC accounts has long been a "project" of the EPC iirc. It was mentioned on the Credit Crunch expedition wish list; and Trevor Ford recommends it as a promising site for attention - along with the two huge dolines between Eldon Hole & the Slitherstones track.
Didn't Poole's use ground radar to find the big chamber which now has the borehole in?
SamT
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EPC did dig quite a deep shaft down the right hand side (looking down the slope). Still going, but a bit of a pain to dig. I've never looked down it to be honest. It was done in the early 2000's - but pre capping days. Could probably be sorted out and pushed on down.
Also - EPC had another little tat recently at the bottom of the slope in the centre. Went down about 2 meters to a solid floor.
First job that needs doing before any serious dig is attempted would be to dig a decent and stable shaft down and under the main arch through to the main chamber. The current crawl is a horrible little grovel past broken glass ,rotten tin sheet and what ever other dead things have found their way down there :yucky:
Also - EPC had another little tat recently at the bottom of the slope in the centre. Went down about 2 meters to a solid floor.
First job that needs doing before any serious dig is attempted would be to dig a decent and stable shaft down and under the main arch through to the main chamber. The current crawl is a horrible little grovel past broken glass ,rotten tin sheet and what ever other dead things have found their way down there :yucky:
alastairgott
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MRS Trellis, yes i can reliably inform you that poole's cavern did in fact use ground radar to find the big chamber with the bore hole in it. (i went to the karst meeting a couple of weeks ago, and John Gunn told us)
Big Jim said:
If anyone's interested our last dig there was in 2001.
Here's a sketch I made at the time of how it currently looks (assuming noone else has dug it since).
Digging in the floor is fairly easy - generally clay and smaller rocks. There are some larger rocks stored precariously in the shaft which could be capped and brought out.
The dig needs about 6 people as everything has to be brought out to main chamber.
Jase
DAN
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Well i know where i could borrow an old Track crane for a while. They actually do not cost that much money to buy. You could have one weekend per month where all clubs turn up for an 8 hour day. The spoil could be put down the many old shaft's around the area or just in the quarry. A 4x4 dumper would be up to the job but only opperated when it dry so as not to make a mess. It could be done between clubs as a major project over a few years with hardly any expense. It would be interesting to see if it enough people got involved to sort it?
Dan
Dan
Brains
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Be interesting to see how deep a dig is needed to reach archaeological layers. If the Romans et al made offerings of good things the dig might be self funding! If open during the ice age and the interglacials there could be a lot of palaeontology down there as well. Think any mammoth would be past its sell by date by now but I am sure with a few spices it would be all right on a barbie with a few tinnies to wash it down.
How much for the crane and dumper?
How much for the crane and dumper?
Brains
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Windy Knoll nearby apparently had a good fossil fauna, "fallen in" I presume. If Eldon was open at the same time I see no reason for it not to contain a similar assemblage.
I would expect during the Roman period such a chasm could have been seen as a gateway to the nether world. As such votive offerings may have been "deposited" in the depths. Pure speculation of course, but a dig would reveal all I hope
I would expect during the Roman period such a chasm could have been seen as a gateway to the nether world. As such votive offerings may have been "deposited" in the depths. Pure speculation of course, but a dig would reveal all I hope