Conservation
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Nobody likes to go into a cave only to find dumped carbide, chocolate wrappers or anything else that shouldn't be there. Do you walk past, blind and insensitive? Do you stop and pick it up? Surely you don't add to it? Most of us swear at those "others" who don't take proper care of the cave environment.

Maybe the cave that you're in is perfectly clean, cared for on an informal basis by the majority of cavers. Perhaps it's been adopted...

In 1977 Descent began a scheme to help acknowledge, promote and encourage the work done by individuals and clubs in looking after their favourite caves. Now, twenty one years on, the Descent Adopt-a-Cave Scheme is as important as ever in the light of perceived threats to our underground heritage. Joining the scheme does not confer any rights, it doesn't help with access but it does show that your club is interested in actively caring and keeping an unofficial eye on the place. To participate, just
drop us a line and be added to the register below. You will also appear in the register published in every printed edition of Descent. Don't forget to let us know if your club is unable to continue its involvement.

With thanks, from all cavers everywhere, for your help in maintaining and preserving this, our most unique environment.

Caves and clubs in the Adopt-a-Cave scheme

A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - W - Y

A

Afton Red Rift Cave Devon SS

Alum Pot – Ghyll Head OPC

Aveline’s Hole – Uni West England

Aygill Caverns Gwynedd CP


B

Baker’s Pit Cave – Plymouth CG

Biddlecombe Caves – Independent SG

Black Shiver Pot – Hyperion Club

Brightgate Cave Masson CG

Bull Pot (Kingsdale) – Scarborough CC


C

Cadeby Pot – Doncaster Hallcross Moles SC

Calf Holes/Browgill Cave – Bronte UMS

Carlswark Cavern – Mansfield OPS

Ceiriog Cave – Shrewsbury Underground EG

Chartist Cave – Crickhowell CG

Cherry Tree Hole – York Uni CPC

Chudleigh Caves Devon SS

Coral Cave Axbridge CG

Crackpot Cave – North of Tyne SA

Critchlow Cave – Cave & Crag CC

Cuckoo Cleeves – Frome CG

Cumberland Cavern/Wapping Mine – Beyond Bounds


D

Dallimore’s Cave – Eagles CC

Darfar Ridge Cave Harston CC

Devonshire Cavern – Kingston-upon-Hull CC

Dow Cave – Com Rec

Drunkard’s Hole – LADS CG


E

East Twin Swallet S Bristol SS

Eastwater Cavern Bristol EC

Elderbush Cave Harston CC

Eldon Hole – Eldon PC

Etches Cave (Upper Dove) Iain Barker


F

Fairy Cave Quarry Cerberus SS

Flower Pot Southampton UCC

Foxes Hole – Charterhouse OEC


G

Gautries Hole – Plumbago CC

Gavel Pot Kendal CC

Giant’s Hole – Eldon PC

Goatchurch Cavern S Bristol SS

Goyden Pot – Bewerley Park COE

Great Masson Cavern Masson CG


H

Hagg Gill Pot – Coventry Poly CS

Hazelbadge Cave – Leics SA

Higher Kiln Quarry Caves Wm Pengelly CST

Hillocks Mine – Sheffield City Poly CC

Holme Bank Chert Mine – Stanley Head OEC

Holwell Cavern – Yeovil College CG

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Hooe Lake Caves – Plymouth CG

Hunter’s Hole – Andy Sparrow

Hurnel Moss Pot – Wensleydale SG


I

Ibbeth Peril System – Dent CPC

Ireby Fell Cavern – Salford UCPC


J

Jackdaw Hole – Uni Newcastle CC

Jingling Pot (WK) – Army of Darkness CG


K

Kitley Caves – Yealmpton CC


L

Lancaster Hole Red Rose CPC

Lathkill Head Cave – Cave & Crag CC

Lay-by Pot – Old Kingstonian CC

Lesser Garth Cave Isca CC

Link Pot – Liverpool UPC

Lionel’s Hole – Broad Pln/Wdside CC

Little Neath RC Croydon CC

Llanelly Quarry Pot UWCMCC

Llethrid Swallet – Welsh Scout CCG

Llygad Llwchwr – Teifi Valley CG

Long Churn Cave – Ghyll Head OPC

Longwood/August Mendip CG

Lost John’s Cave – Rubber Duck CC

Loxton Cave Axbridge CG


M

Main’s Barn, Priddy – Cotham CG & WAYA CG

Manchester Hole – Lindley Training

Mangle Pot – South London UGS

Manor Farm Swallet – Exeter UCC

Marble Steps Pot – Oxford UCC

Maskhill Mine – Eldon PC

Meregill Hole Pendle CC

Mohole – Leeds Poly CC


N

Napps Cave – Bideford CCCC

Near Cliff Wood Rift – Doncaster Hallcross Moles SC

Nettle Pot – Valhalla CC

New Goydon Pot – UKTLF Sch Training

Newby Moss Pot – Wolverhampton CC

Nick Pot - Four Iron CC

Nine Barrows Swallet – Mendip EG

Notts Pot W Midlands CEG


O

Ogof Clogwyn – Brittons Sch OP&FSC

Ogof Draenen – Morgannwg CC

Ogof Fechan – Brighton EC

Ogof Ffynnon Ddu South Wales CC

Ogof Hen Ffynhonau – North Wales CC

Ogof Hesp Alyn – North Wales CC

Ogof Llanymynech – Mid Wales CC

Ogof Pen Eryr – Masons Arms CC

Ogof Pwll Swnd Hereford CC

Old Ing Cave – Whitehough OEC

Otter HoleGlos SS & Hades CC & Roy Forest Dean CC

Oxlow Cavern – Eldon PC


P

P8 – Rubber Duck CC

Pant Mawr PotWestminster SG

Peak Cavern System Technical SG

Penyghent Pot Bradford PC

Pierre’s Pot – Bishop Fox’s Sch

Pikedaw Calamine Caverns Yorkshire SS

Pinetree Pot Mendip CG

Pippikin Pot – Lancs CCC

Porth yr Ogof Croydon CC

Pridhamsleigh Cavern Devon SS

Pulpit Hole – Uni Kent Trogs

Pwll Dwfn – Gagendor CC


R

Radford Cave – Plymouth CG

Read’s Cavern – Bristol Assault Team

Red Moss Pot Burnley CC

Redhouse Swallet Gloucester SS

Reed’s Cave Wm Pengelly CST

Rhino Rift – E Dorset SS

Rod’s Pot – First Keynsham Scouts

Rookery Black Marble Mine – Beyond Bounds

Rowten Pot – Fylde & Dist SS

Rowter Hole – Sheffield USS

Runscar Cave – Whitehough OEC


S

St Cuthbert’s Swallet Bristol EC

St Dunstan’s Well Cave Cerberus SS

Sell Gill Hole – Granta Dist Scout CC

Short Drop Cave Kendal CC

Shute Shelve Cavern Axbridge CG

Sidcot Swallet – Mendip OP

Singing River Mine – Young Expl CG

Slaughter Stream Cave – Roy Forest Dean CC

Sleets Gill Cave – Cottingley CC

Sludge Pit Hole Mendip CG

Stanley Moor Caves – Proj Man YTS OPS

Stoke Lane Slocker Cerberus SS

Streaks Pot – DeMontfort University Caving Club

Stream Passage Pot – North-West PC

Sunset Hole – Sheffield USS

Swildon’s Dry Ways – Uni West England

Swildon’s Hole – Wessex CC

Swinsto Hole – Oxford Poly CC


T

Tatham Wife Hole Cambridge UCC

Tearsall Pipe Caverns No 2 Masson CG

Thistle Cave – Whitehough OEC

Tyning’s Barrows Swallet – Portsmouth University CC


U

Upper Flood Swallet Mendip CG


W

Water Icicle Close Cavern – Sheffield City Poly CC

Waterways Swallet – Darfur PC

Waterwheel Swallet – Cheddar Caving Club

West Kingsdale Master Cave ULSA


Y

Yoga Cave – Pitch Black CCC

Yordas Cave – Uni Huddersfield Union CC

 

Total: 148 sites have been adopted by 118 clubs

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