Scoska
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Evidence for potential?
?A mile west, and midway between Litton and Arncliffe, and on the southern side of the Skirfare, is Gildersber Cave. There are various reports about the length of this cave, in fact, story says no person ever yet reached the end of it. A man once entered at eight o?clock in the morning and crept on for three miles, and then grew fainthearted and returned, arriving at the entrance by twelve o?clock, noon. Other adventurers, on discovery bent, have crawled so far as to hear the farmer at Darnbrook Farm, by Fountains Fell, calling home his cows at milking time.?
Ref. Edmund Bogg; Higher Wharfedale (1904). Facsimile reprint, 1989, Old Hall Press.
Let me anticipate some of the possible comments.
1. It?s just hearsay from a romantic writer.
2. Scoska is Gildersbank Cave (NC vol 1).
3. To crawl 6 miles in 4 hours is pretty good going.
4. The last bit sounds more like Robinsons Pot.
I know but there are other reasons to believe that Scoska and / or Bown Scar may have potential to be extended. :-\
?A mile west, and midway between Litton and Arncliffe, and on the southern side of the Skirfare, is Gildersber Cave. There are various reports about the length of this cave, in fact, story says no person ever yet reached the end of it. A man once entered at eight o?clock in the morning and crept on for three miles, and then grew fainthearted and returned, arriving at the entrance by twelve o?clock, noon. Other adventurers, on discovery bent, have crawled so far as to hear the farmer at Darnbrook Farm, by Fountains Fell, calling home his cows at milking time.?
Ref. Edmund Bogg; Higher Wharfedale (1904). Facsimile reprint, 1989, Old Hall Press.
Let me anticipate some of the possible comments.
1. It?s just hearsay from a romantic writer.
2. Scoska is Gildersbank Cave (NC vol 1).
3. To crawl 6 miles in 4 hours is pretty good going.
4. The last bit sounds more like Robinsons Pot.
I know but there are other reasons to believe that Scoska and / or Bown Scar may have potential to be extended. :-\
There probably is potential in connecting Scoska to Bown Scar and perhaps pushing Scoska up towards the sinks (if there are any) or some of the holes higher up - a very quick glance at the map shows something in the region of 100m between shakeholes and Scoska (yet again I don't have NC1 to hand to check properly!).
I looked earlier at NC1 and it does say that the boulder choke at the end of Scoska draughts - has anyone ever had a proper poke about there?
I looked earlier at NC1 and it does say that the boulder choke at the end of Scoska draughts - has anyone ever had a proper poke about there?
Beardy
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some Skoska References:-
Regards
Beardy
Cave Hunting Dawkins, W.B. 1874
Descent 36 Underground Exploration Group David Whewell Another Dig Invitation 20 March/April 1977 With survey
Descent 51 Leeds & District Speleological Assocation Skoska extension details 11 March/April 1982 with survey
Descent 125 CDG Diving News 11 Aug/Sept 1995
Journal of the CPC 5 6 CPC J.C., P.N. For the Record 349 Nov 1978
MUSS Journal 6 MUSS Mills, L. Scoska Cave 6-7 June 1972
The British Caver 127 Brown, A. Pre-History in the Southern Yorkshire Dales with particular reference to hominid bearing caves 13-36 Spring2005
The Explorations Journal of the ULSA ULSA Brook, D. & Crabtree, H. Other areas, Skoska 67 October 1969
Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal 2 7 YRC Hill, C.A. Scoska Cave Littondale 229-231 1907 With survey
Regards
Beardy
Cave Hunting Dawkins, W.B. 1874
Descent 36 Underground Exploration Group David Whewell Another Dig Invitation 20 March/April 1977 With survey
Descent 51 Leeds & District Speleological Assocation Skoska extension details 11 March/April 1982 with survey
Descent 125 CDG Diving News 11 Aug/Sept 1995
Journal of the CPC 5 6 CPC J.C., P.N. For the Record 349 Nov 1978
MUSS Journal 6 MUSS Mills, L. Scoska Cave 6-7 June 1972
The British Caver 127 Brown, A. Pre-History in the Southern Yorkshire Dales with particular reference to hominid bearing caves 13-36 Spring2005
The Explorations Journal of the ULSA ULSA Brook, D. & Crabtree, H. Other areas, Skoska 67 October 1969
Yorkshire Ramblers Club Journal 2 7 YRC Hill, C.A. Scoska Cave Littondale 229-231 1907 With survey
