Death's Head Hole, Limestone cave at Leck Fell, England
The entrance shaft plunges 64 meters deep into a boulder slope, leading to a main chamber with a waterfall at its eastern section.
The Yorkshire Ramblers Club performed the first descent in 1889, reaching the bottom of the Main Chamber and documenting the eastern water stream.
The cave forms part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometer network spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.
Access to the cave requires advance online booking, and visitors must inspect the ground spike anchors outside the fence before starting their descent.
The water path through the cave dates back 350,000 years, when it originated from Rumbling Hole following a phreatic trunk route along the fault.
GPS coordinates: 54.20706,-2.51061
Latest update: March 3, 2025 12:15
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