Great Douk Cave
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| Great Douk Cave | |
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 Entrance to Great Douk Cave |
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| Location | Chapel-le-Dale, Ingleborough |
| Length | 914 metres (2,999 ft)[1] |
| Discovery | first through trip accomplished in 1934[1] |
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| Difficulty | Grade I |
| Access | Free |
Great Douk Cave is a great beginners caving trip. It starts at the bottom of a tree-lined collapse close to the track where a small stream cascades from a passage at east end and sinks into the rubble beside a long-term cave dig.
A simple but greasy two metre climb up at the water fall gains a walking size passage. Continue for approx 800m until it lowers into a crawl, bear left at a junction, and then climb into a roof passage that leads out onto the moor at Middle Washfold entrance.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Des Marshal, Donald Rust (1997). Selected Caves of Britain and Ireland. ISBN 1-871-89043-8.
 Waterfall entrance to Great Douk Cave |
 Squeezing through a gap in Great Douk Cave |
 Squeezing through another gap in Great Douk Cave |
 Middle Washfold entrance |
