Guscott Pot

Location


Grid Ref: SE. Alt.m.

Limited parking (further parking as for Goyden Pot) by the entrance of Limley Farm. Note: Do not park in what looks like a layby opposite the entrance as this is for tractors to swing round. Park on the verge beyond this area of road. Walk through Limley Farm entrance and then go south towards the riverbed (away from the farm)once through the metal stile turn left up the dry riverbed. The pot is on the left hand side just after the bend in the riverbed.

Access
Presently permission granted for access by Mr Church of Limley farm, no need to call.

Description
The shaft is 8m deep easily climbable. An awkward loose section then leads to a breakdown chamber on the fault under the dry river bed above. The two small streams, one from near the entrance and another from the passage heading north sink into the choked floor of the breakdown chamber, present dig. The passage heading north starts as a walking size passage but soon lowers passing a tube on the right and then a bit further on the passage forks. The right hand passage is about 70m long and ends at a small standing height chamber with passage ahead too low to follow. The left hand passage is about 30m long ending at a silt chaoke. The tube further back along the passage heading east is low but encourages you on with the loud sound of a stream. Once again the passage splits. Straight ahead a low very muddy phreatic tube heads down the valley and is at present being dug. The tube that splits right is even smaller with an awkward bend and flat out section through to a small chamber with a disappointing small stream, given the noise it makes, falling from a tube in the roof too small to enter. The stream flows into a tight but clean vadose passage for 6m before it turns left into a too tight bedding. Both tubes look as if they may connect and are heading for the Frog pot North choke area estimated to be about 50m away.

History
Guscott pot was dug out by the Chris Fox and Ralf Guscott of the Black Sheep Diggers at the end of 2011.