Clapham Bottoms Pot

Location
Grid Reference: SD 7574 7209

Altitude: 334 m

Covered entrance in Clapham Bottoms.

Description
Climb down shoring leads to pitch, at bottom obvious passage leads to Kango Crawl, smaller passage from bottom of pitch leads via crawling with step over pit followed by more crawling (occasionally muddy) to pitch in to Olympic Chamber. Loose slope down reaches a loose, scaffolded climb, at the bottom a short shuffle forward quickly reaches water, this is the Troubled Waters Series, part of Far Waters in Gaping Gill. Wet going reaches small inlet on the right, notable for the fine formation, further wet going eventually reaches final flowstone blockage.

Access
Permission for access should be obtained from the Ingleborough Estate Office

History
Excavated from 1961 to 1974 by BPC/LUSS.

In 2004 a dig at the bottom of Olympic Chamber finally broke in to Troubled Waters, previously only accessible by diving.