NPC discoveries, extensions and surveys 1946-present
Alphabetical list by cave (Yorkshire Dales only, so far)
Ackrey Gill Cave, Cotterdale (1961):
B.Heys: Around Mallerstang and
Ravenstonedale, Yellow Journal (1967)
Includes survey
[NB. Cotterdale is actually part of Wensleydale]
Antler Pot (1952, 1958):
W.Holden: Antler Pot (Fountains Fell),
Blue Journal (1959)
Ayleburn Mine Cave:
R.T.Hylton: Recording the Alston Block,
The Black Journal (1957)
Beckermonds Pots:
K.Ashton: Beckermonds Pots, Wharfedale,
Red Journal (1963)
Beck Head Cave, Witherslack (1994-8):
John Cordingley: Beck Head Cave.
NPC Newsletter 45 (November 1998)
Birkwith Cave (1958):
A Jowett: Investigations in the Old Ing -
Birkwith Cave System, Blue Journal (1959)
Black Keld:
K.Ashton: The Spring Trap -
Black Keld Drainage, Red Journal (1963)
The Borehole ()
Boundary Pot (1950)
Brants Gill Head (1961):
E.J.Whaddon: Diving Reports,
Red Journal (1963)
Brunskill Hole (1979)
Brunskill Hole, Leck Fell,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
Car Pot (extended 1976)
I. Crossley: Car Pot Extension,
Link Pot Journal (1979)
Chert Cave, (Needlehouse Gill):
H.Hesketh: Chert Cave, Yellow Journal (1967).
Includes survey
Cliffe Force:
R.Wilkinson: Cliffe Force,
Yellow Journal (1967).
Includes survey
Coronation Pot (1980-?)
G.Edwards: Fountains Fell 1980-81,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
Crackpot Cave (1956-57):
John M Parr: Crackpot Cave
(Fairy Hole), Summer Lodge, Swaledale, Blue Journal (1959)
Dale Head Caves (Thin Man's Agony) (1958, 1980)
G.Edwards: Fountains Fell 1980-81,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
Dale Head Pot (1970-75)
Jim Eyre: Dale Head Pot,
White Bulletin (1976)
Dismal Hill Cave (1958):
A Jowett: Investigations in the Old Ing -
Birkwith Cave System, Blue Journal (1959)
Douk Gill Cave and Scar
J.O.Myers: Some thoughts on
Douk Gill Scar, Red Journal (1963)
Dub Cote Cave (1961):
E.J.Whaddon: Diving Reports,
Red Journal (1963)
Duncan Sike Cave (1966):
B.Smith: Duncan Sike Cave, Dentdale, Yellow
Journal (1967). Includes survey
Echo Pot (1958-62):
C.Green: Echo Pot, Fountains Fell,
Red Journal (1963)
The Echo Pot Saga, Orange Bulletin (1975)
Eden Sike Cave (1960):
B.Smith: Around Hell Gill - Mallerstang,
Yellow Journal (1967).
Includes survey
Featherbed Pot (Scandal Beck, 1961)
B.Heys: Around Mallerstang and
Ravenstonedale, Yellow Journal (1967)
Fern Pot (1967):
T.Wright: On Newby Moss,
Yellow Journal (1967)
Fornah Gill Cavern (1956-7):
Colin Green & Brian Hudson: Fountains Fell
Episode 2, The Black Journal (1957)
Gaping Gill (1988):
Paul Eastwood: Gee Gee Rider,
first free ascent (photo), NPC Newsletter 23 (January 1989)
Gavel Pot (1968-70)
B.Smith: Gavel Pot, NPC Newsletter
Mike Thornton: The Leck Fell Affair
Gingling Hole (1966)
G.Batty: The Gingling Hole Extension,
Yellow Journal (1967)
F.Walker: Gingling Hole, A Bolt in the Dark,
Link Pot Journal (1979)
Gingling Sink (1956)
R. Goodwin: A note on Gingling Sink,
NPC Journal 1(3) Sept 1955
B.Heys: Fountains Fell Caverns,
Black Journal (1957)
Green Rigg Pot (1966):
B.Smith: Green Rig Pot, Fell End, Yellow
Journal (1967). Includes survey
Hammer Pot (1957):
Gordon Batty: Fountains Fell Episode 3,
The Black Journal (1957)
Brian Heys: Mostly Hammer Pot,
The Black Journal (1957)
Alan Fincham: Discovery and Exploration,
LUUSS Trogazette (1963)
Heron Pot (with Fylde Mountaineering Club, 1957)
Colin Green: Heron Pot Interim Report,
Black Journal (1957)
High Gill Caves (1958):
Brian Heys: High Gill Caves, Dentdale,
Blue Journal (1959)
Hope Level Cavern, Stanhope (1959):
Durham Cave Club: Discoveries in the Hope Level
Cavern at Stanhope, Co. Durham, Yellow Journal (1967)
Hull Pot (1960)
R.Wilkinson:
Pottering on Penyghent,
Yellow Journal (1967)
Hunt Pot (Shrapnel Pot - 1965)
R.Wilkinson:
Pottering on Penyghent,
Yellow Journal (1967)
Ingleborough Cave (1981/86):
John Cordingley: The Gothic Series,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
John Cordingley: Giants Hall area,
Journal 1987
Ireby Fell Cavern:
T.Reynolds & A.Wilson: Reopening The Cavern,
Ireby Fell, Red Journal (1963)
Jingling Sike Cave (1966):
B.Smith: Around Hell Gill - Mallerstang,
Yellow Journal (1967)
Lady Blue's Underwater Fantasy:
Lancaster Hole (various, 1957-89):
G. Cornes & W. Holden: Scaling Ladders in
Lancaster Hole, (H.B.Passage 1957), Black Journal (1957)
Graham Proudlove: Graveyard Aven Series
(1986), Journal 1987
John Cordingley: More of Lancaster Hole
[downstream sump], NPC Newsletter 25, July 1989
Large Pot (1982):
G.Edwards: Exploration of Large Pot,
Large Pot Journal, 1982
Large pot - description,
Large Pot Journal, 1982
J.N.Cordingley: The Diving Trip,
Large Pot Journal, 1982
Limekiln Pot (1959)
R.Wilkinson:
Pottering on Penyghent,
Yellow Journal (1967)
Ling Gill Scar Caves:
Ling Gill Scar Caves, White Bulletin (1976)
Link Pot (1978, 1982):
I.Crossley et al: Link Pot, Link Pot Journal (1979)
J.N.Cordingley: More of the Link Pot Crawls,
Large Pot Journal, 1982
Loose Pot (1966):
T.Wright: On Newby Moss,
Yellow Journal (1967)
Lost Johns' System: (1968)
B.Smith NPC Avens
(Newsletter 26, April 1968)
Lost Pot (1982):
'Chester' Shaw: Lost Pot,
Large Pot Journal, 1982
F. Walker, A. Walsh, P. Shaw: Lost Pot Strikes
Back, Large Pot Journal, 1982
Lost Pot description,
Large Pot Journal, 1982
Low Douk Cave (1963)
R. Hart: Low Douk Cave, Ireby Fell,
Red Journal (1963)
Ludwell Fairy Holes (1953, DCC):
R.T.Hylton: Recording the Alston Block,
Black Journal (1957)
R.Hylton: Ludwell Fairy Holes,
Red Journal (1963)
Magnetometer Pot (discovery 1957, dives 1961):
Jack Myers: Fountains Fell
Episode 4, The Black Journal (1957)
E.J.Whaddon: Diving Reports,
Red Journal (1963)
Malham Cove Rising (1989-90)
John Cordingley: Malham Cove Risings -
the true story, NPC Newsletter 27, April 1990
System Migovec, Slovenia (1998)
various: Slovenia 1998: System Migovec,
NPC Newsletter 45, November 1998
New Pasture Pot (1980/81)
G.Edwards: Fountains Fell 1980-81,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
New Year Pot (1981)
G.Edwards: Fountains Fell 1980-81,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
Notts Pot (Notts II, 1985-6)
Barry Sudell: Notts Pot exploratory dives,
Journal 1987
Pete Riley: Exploration of Notts 2,
Journal 1987
Rick Stanton: Notts 2 Guidebook description,
Journal 1987
Graham Proudlove: A day in the life of a
Notts Pot Sherpa, Journal 1987
The Nott Slog (statistics from the logbook),
Journal 1987
John Cordingley: Notes on the Notts 2 survey,
Journal 1987
Andrew Goddard: Notts Pot
(Mincemeat Aven accident), NPC Newsletter 40 (May 1996)
Old Ing Cave (1958):
A Jowett: Investigations in the Old Ing -
Birkwith Cave System, Blue Journal (1959)
Oxford Pot (1947-51):
J. Aspin: Oxford Pot and New way in,
Caverns of Upper Easegill (1952)
Peg Leg Pot (1958):
A Jowett, W Holden, A Fincham: Discovery and Exploration of
Peg Leg Pot (Lower Easegill Cavern),
Blue Journal (1959)
Penyghent Pot (1949-51, 1954)
NPC Logbook accounts, 1949-51
M.G.Riley: Hunt Pot Inlet,
NPC Journal Vol. 1 no. 1 (Feb 1955)
Pippikin Pot (1980?):
M.Burgess: Last Inlet, Lower Streamway,
Pippikin Pot, Large Pot Journal (1982)
Psilomelane Pot (1976-7)
F. Walker: Psilomelane Pot,
Link Pot Journal (1979)
Rawthey Cave (1976, 1995)
A R Goddard: The Further Exploration of Rawthey
Cave, NPC Newsletter 40 (May 1996)
Roaring Hole (1980)
F.Walker: Roaring Hole,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
Silverband Mine Caverns (surveyed 1952-3)
J.O.Myers: The Caverns of Silverband,
Yellow Journal (1967)
George Cornes: Silverband with J.O.M.,
NPC Newsletter 25, July 1989
Silverdale Gill Pot (1947-1960):
Watch This Space !, Blue Journal (1959)
G.Batty & C.Green:
Silverdale Ghyll Pot, Red Journal (1963)
Spring Trap Cave (1961):
E.J.Whaddon: Diving Reports,
Red Journal (1963)
K.Ashton: The Spring Trap -
Black Keld Drainage, Red Journal (1963)
Stream Passage Pot (1949)
K. Gray, D. Hawtrey, J.K. Harris unpublished
reports from NPC records
Extracts from NPC Logbook 1948-51
Thackthwaite Beck Cave (1960)
R.Wilkinson, K.Ashton:
Thackthwaite Beck Cave,
Red Journal (1963)
Trevor's Folly (1978-80)
G.Edwards: Fountains Fell 1980-81,
Large Pot Journal (1982)
Upper Hesleden Caves (1951, 1958):
J.O.Myers: Scaling Ladders in Penyghent
Gill, Blue Journal (1959)
Vesper Pot (1978)
F.Walker & G.Batty Vesper Pot,
Link Pot Journal (1979)
Witches Cave (1961):
E.J.Whaddon & J.M.Wright:
Diving Reports,
Red Journal (1963)
Index to publications on the site
Caves explored, listed by date
All articles - listed by author
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