Goydenman
Well-known member
In Nidderdale Low Eglin’s is a finely decorated and sporting stream cave that goes east from How Stean Gorge. The stream disappears off into a too low bedding to reappear at the Stean resurgence. Going left from this bedding an older passage, Flood passage heads towards the village of Lofthouse. This ends in a low mud and water filled bedding just short of the village cricket field. The other side of the cricket field is the river Nidd travelling north to south. The river has truncated 2 caves, Lofthouse Foss caves (west and east) and Canal cave (west) and Lower canal cave (east). The latter has a fine trench running across the river bed joining the two caves. The river has almost truncated another cave Lofthouse pot. This is a 4m pot that leads to low water filled bedding heading for the cricket field in lne with and same altitude as Flood passage in Low Eglin’s. There is also a coked passage heading in the opposite direction (east) under the river bed above. The far side of that river is Lofthouse sink.
Black Sheep Diggers hope when the summer weather arrives, hmmm! To dig in Lofthouse pot heading under the river bed above. At present a small waterfall falls into the cave preventing digging but this usually dried up later in the year. Meanwhile work has started on Lofthouse sink to remove the choke from the far side.
The intention is to remove the choke enough to allow water to flow away from the Lofthouse pot bedding and make a connection with Low Eglin’s cave. So far we have scaffolded by the adjacent wall to the put and underpinned with blocks. Then we dug down and found a solid choked shaft which is now 2m deep. We expect to hit the horizontal choked passage at 4-4.5m depth.
Lofthouse pot
Lofthouse sink and Alistair all the way from the Peaks giving a hand with the digging for a day
Black Sheep Diggers hope when the summer weather arrives, hmmm! To dig in Lofthouse pot heading under the river bed above. At present a small waterfall falls into the cave preventing digging but this usually dried up later in the year. Meanwhile work has started on Lofthouse sink to remove the choke from the far side.
The intention is to remove the choke enough to allow water to flow away from the Lofthouse pot bedding and make a connection with Low Eglin’s cave. So far we have scaffolded by the adjacent wall to the put and underpinned with blocks. Then we dug down and found a solid choked shaft which is now 2m deep. We expect to hit the horizontal choked passage at 4-4.5m depth.
Lofthouse pot
Lofthouse sink and Alistair all the way from the Peaks giving a hand with the digging for a day