Ranch Rift Cave

Location
Grid Reference SK 528 993

Length: 26m

Altitude: 60m

Description
Care is needed on the approach. The entrance is on the north side of a disused railway cutting about 25 m east of the main A630 Doncaster to Sheffield Road.

It can be approached from above, but it is better located from below first. It can be approached with more difficulty from below. Either approach requires care and/or a rope.

Slope down from entrance into 6 m high rift which closes to squeeze to narrow rift, widening and ending at loose boulders.

Access
Open access, no permission required.

References and Further Reading
The 1997 RIGS Survey included an assessment of cave systems along the Don Gorge by Tony Gibbs of the Derbyshire Caving Association.