Total length of cave passage in the UK?

Les W

Les W

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rhychydwr1 said:
Just manage to obtain a copy of The Concise Caves of Devon it list 270 cave, many are longer than 1 km.
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Many Tony?  :tease:
I am sure there are at least 2, perhaps 3, maybe even 4 (although I'm struggling to think of any long enough to be No. 4 at the mo).

There certainly are not many longer than 1km.

I'm thinking:

Bakers Pit - ~3.5km
Pridhamsleigh Cavern - ~1km
Kents Cavern - ~900m
Afton Red Rift - ~400m
Radford - ~300m

These figures taken from the Concise Caves of Devon although they were in imperial measurements so I converted and rounded them down a bit, hence the approximate lengths.

I don't think that 2 (or 3) as a fraction of 270 could be considered many...  :sneaky:
 
Cookie

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I just ran some quick queries against the MCRA database.

Mendip Caves: 590, total length 77,603m

Mendip Caves & Digs: 722, total length 78,750m

MCRA Area Caves: 994, total length 83,517m

MCRA Area Caves & Mines: 1635, total length 162,778m


Lots of digs!


 
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robjones

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Cookie said:
Lots of digs!
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On an "a minus b" basis, average length of digs = 8.7m, and raises the intriguing semantic point of when does a dig graduate to being regarded as a cave...  :-\
 
kay

kay

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robjones said:
Cookie said:
Lots of digs!
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On an "a minus b" basis, average length of digs = 8.7m, and raises the intriguing semantic point of when does a dig graduate to being regarded as a cave...  :-\
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Maybe it's a dig until the diggers go, at which point it becomes an abandoned dig unless cavers continue to visit it, in which case it becomes a cave?
 
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