Speleofish
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Is it really the 'second longest cave system in the dales'? It would be good to know more about it.
If you read the above you can see where it states clog prints were walked all over in spite of notices. There is a need to preserve mining artifacts in situ many mines have been ransacked and trashed (box for one) . The controlled access is to preserve features not to prevent legitimate explorers. I doubt there is intent to produce a publication.Loki said:Bump.... perhaps the guardians have spent many years perfecting a magnificent survey and photographs in a glossy publication to justify why there is no access and let us enjoy it from our armchairs.
I have no issue with gates or access restrictions as long as we all know what those arrangements are.
ChrisJC said:If it's the mining side, then you could do worse than to purchase a copy of British Mining No. 53:
https://www.nmrs.org.uk/publication/the-arkengarthdale-mines/
available from Moore Books.
If it's the caving side, then you want the BCRA publication Caves and Karst of the Yorkshire Dales, Chapter 31, Caves of Swaledale.
https://bcra.org.uk/pub/dales/index.html?j=2
Probably also available from Moore Books.
Chris.