The Descent Adopt-a-Cave Scheme
In 1977 Descent began a scheme to recognise and encourage the work of clubs and individuals in helping to preserve our underground environment. Today the Descent Adopt-a-Cave Scheme is more important than ever – without cavers maintaining our caves, our subterranean heritage would truly suffer. Joining the scheme does not confer any rights, it doesn’t help with access, but it does show that you care.
To participate, drop a line to Descent – and, of course, let us know if your club is unable to continue its involvement. In the Peak District, Conservation Officer Dave Webb acts as our agent to encourage cavers to join in and is happy to talk to people about their participation.
With thanks, from cavers everywhere.
Afton Red Rift Cave – Devon SS
Alum Pot – Ghyll Head OPC
Attermire Cave – Craven College
Aveline’s Hole – Uni West England
Aygill Caverns – Gwynedd CPC
Bagshawe Cavern – Eldon PC
Baker’s Pit Cave – Plymouth CG
Biddlecombe Caves – WAYA CC inc. ISG
Black Shiver Pot – Hyperion Club
Bridge Cave – West Sussex CC
Brightgate Cave – Masson CG
Bull Pot (Kingsdale) – Scarborough CC
Bull Pot of the Witches – Manchester USC
Cadeby Pot – Doncaster Hallcross Moles SC
Calf Holes/Browgill Cave – Bronte UMS
Carlswark Cavern – Darkside CMC
Charterhouse Cave – Charterhouse Caving Company
Chartist Cave – Crickhowell CG
Cherry Tree Hole – York Uni CPC
Chudleigh Caves – Devon SS
Coral Cave – Axbridge CG
Crackpot Cave – North of Tyne SA
Crescent Pot – Durham Uni SA
Critchlow Cave – Birmingham Cave & Crag
Cuckoo Cleeves – Frome CG
Dallimore’s Cave – Eagles CC
Darfar Pot – Darfar PC
Dow Cave – Com Rec
Drunkard’s Hole – LADS CG
East Twin Swallet – S Bristol SS
Eastwater Cavern – Bristol EC
Eldon Hole – Eldon PC
Etches Cave (Upper Dove) – Iain Barker
Excalibur Pot – York CPC
Fairy Cave Quarry – Fairy Caves Man. Committee
Flower Pot – Southampton UCC
Foxes Hole – Charterhouse OEC
G.B. Cave – Charterhouse Caving Company
Gavel Pot – Kendal CC
Giant’s Hole – Eldon PC
Gibbets Brow Shaft – Shepton Mallet CC
Goatchurch Cavern – S Bristol SS
Goyden Pot – Bewerley Park COE
Great Douk Cave – West Lancs Scouts CT
Great Masson Cavern – Masson CG
Hagg Gill Pot – Coventry UCS
Heron Pot – Morley PC
Higher Kiln Quarry Caves – Wm Pengelly CST
Holme Bank Chert Mine – Stanley Head OEC
Holwell Cavern – Yeovil College CG
Hooe Lake Caves – Plymouth CG
Hunters’ Hole – Andy Sparrow
Ibbeth Peril System – Dent CPC
Ireby Fell Cavern – Salford UCPC
Jackdaw Hole – Uni Newcastle CC
Jingling Pot (WK) – Army of Darkness CG
Jubilee Cave – Craven College
Kitley Caves – Yealmpton CC
Ladyside Pot – Darfar PC
Lancaster Hole – Red Rose CPC
Langstroth Cave – Buckden House OEC
Lathkill Head Cave – Birmingham Cave & Crag
Lesser Garth Cave – Isca CMC
Link Pot – Liverpool UPC
Lionel’s Hole – Broad Pln/Woodside CC
Little Douk Pot – West Lancs Scouts CT
Little Neath RC – Croydon CC
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
Main’s Barn, Priddy – Cotham CG and WAYA CC inc ISG
Manchester Hole – Black Sheep Diggers
Mangle Pot – South London Underground Soc
Manor Farm Swallet – Exeter UCC
Marble Steps Pot – Oxford UCC
Maskhill Mine – Eldon PC
Meregill Hole – Pendle CC
Napps Cave – Bideford CCCC
Near Cliff Wood Rift – Doncaster Hallcross Moles SC
New Goyden Pot – UKTLF School Training
Newby Moss Pot – Wolverhampton CC
Nick Pot – Four Iron CC
Notts Pot – W Midlands CEG
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 Hole – Gloucester SS, Hades CC and Royal Forest Dean CC
Oxlow Cavern – Eldon PC
P8 – Rubber Duck CC
Pant Mawr Pot – Westminster SG
Peak Cavern System – Technical SG
Penyghent Pot – Bradford PC
Pierre’s Pot – Bishop Fox’s School
Pikedaw Calamine Caverns – Yorkshire SS
Pinetree Pot – Mendip CG
Pippikin Pot – Lancs CCC
Porth yr Ogof – Croydon CC
Pridhamsleigh Cavern – Devon SS
Pulpit Hole – Kent UCC
Pwll Dwfn – Gagendor CG
Radford Cave – Plymouth CG
Read’s Cavern – Bristol Assault Team
Red Moss Pot – Burnley CC
Redhouse Swallet – Gloucester SS
Redhurst Swallet – Darfar PC
Reed’s Cave – Wm Pengelly CST
Rhino Rift – Charterhouse Caving Company
Riverside Swallet – Darfar PC
Rod’s Pot/Bath Swallet – SCG
Rowten Pot – Fylde & Dist SS
Rowter Hole – Sheffield USS
Runscar Cave – Whitehough OEC
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
Skirwith Cave/Storr Common caves – Black Rose CC
Slaughter Stream Cave – Royal Forest Dean CC
Sleets Gill Cave – Cottingley CC
Stoke Lane Slocker – Cerberus SS
Stream Passage Pot – North-West PC
Sunset Hole – Sheffield USS
Swildon’s Dry Ways – Uni West England
Swildon’s Hole – Wessex CC
Tatham Wife Hole – Cambridge UCC
Tearsall Pipe Caverns No. 2 – Masson CG
Thistle Cave – Whitehough OEC
Thrupe Lane Swallet – SCG
Tyning’s Barrows Swallet – Portsmouth UCC
Upper Flood Swallet – Mendip CG
Valley Entrance (KMC) – David Young Community Academy
Victoria Cave – Craven College
Waterwheel Swallet – Cheddar CC
West Kingsdale Master Cave – ULSA
Yordas Cave – Uni Huddersfield CC
Total: 151 sites have been adopted by 112 clubs