Langstroth Pot

Location
Grid Reference: SD 896 788

Altitude: 390 m

Small hole in a shallow valley.

Description
The first part of the pot between the first and second pitches is mainly crawling, eventually a slot through to the second pitch is reached, this pitch is tight at the top. The remaining six pitches are easier and the passages get larger the further down you get. At the bottom of the eighth pitch the sump is quickly reached - this is the first of three short sumps that connect to Langstroth Cave and are sometimes undertaken as a free dives.

Access
Permission required from Raisegil Farm

History
Originally explored from Langstroth Cave in the 60s, where 7 pitches were climbed or maypoled.

The connection from the surface was made in 1967.