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Eyam Dale House Cave Question..

matthewjc

matthewjc

Member
Had a very enjoyable afternoon exploring Eyam Dale House Cave yesterday, and wondered the following..

At the bottom of the first pitch, if you head in the opposite direction to the crawl to the main cave (Pearly Gates etc) there is a short low passage/crawl that seems to end in a small chamber with quite an impressive calcite slot in the floor, we gave the slot half a go as it seem'd to open up a bit down and to the left but very tight so retreated in the end for pop and mars bars..

Anyone been through this slot or know where/if it goes anywhere..?

Cheers
Matt
 
danthecavingman

danthecavingman

Member
Don't suppose you found my shunt at the bottom of the pitch did you? It wants binning as it bounced all the way down when I dropped it - hence I didn't bother to recover it at the time  :(

Dan.
 
matthewjc

matthewjc

Member
No sign of a shunt down there  - unless its gone down the second pitch as well (which we did not decend)..


Matt..
 
M

MarkC

Member
Matt,

Do you mean at the bottom of the first pitch in the strict sense?  The first pitch is split into two pitches (three if you include the blind shaft), but which are often rigged as one.  At the bottom of the first pitch sensu stricto, where the shaft intersects the wayboard, there is a short crawl to a small chamber with a hole in the floor.  The 1986 survey indicates this is blind.  There is nothing on the survey that meets your description at the bottom of the second pitch.  I hope this helps.

Mark
 
JB

JB

Member
MarkC said:
Matt,

Do you mean at the bottom of the first pitch in the strict sense? 
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I think you're talking about the entrance pitch but matthewjc is talking about the first pitch in the cave (about a 6m ladder rigged off a large natural thread. I'm sure it could be free-climbed if you wanted.

As to what's at the bottom of that slot - I've no idea!

Jules.
 
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Pipster

Member
Does this help?...

http://www.peakcavemonitoring.org.uk/images/stories/Stoney_Middleton_Dale/Eyam%20Dale%20House.doc

It sounds like your talking about point "A" on the left-hand-side on the cross-section (point "A" at the Top of the Plan) and your description matches what you've described at the bottom of the entrance pitch. If so, I've also had a look at that slot (rift) and didn't think it went (also tried; got very tight) and the left hand side of the rift (although slightly wider) appeared to double back and run parrallel with the main passage. Opposite the base of the entrance pitch I think you can actaully see the continuation of the same rift (which you can also see on the survey). Always potential for it to go down but I reckon it would drop into the chamber below (see cross section again).
 
matthewjc

matthewjc

Member
Hi all and thanks for replies...

It looks like i was describing the small chamber at the end of the short crawl at the bottom of the 'true' first pitch as per mark c's reply - so the slot is blind...

Many Thanks

Matt
 
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