Southerscales Pot

Location
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Altitude: 358 m

Original entrance is a narrow slot and not immediately obvious.

Description
At base of narrow slot a crawl is soon joined by the passage from the new entrance, combined passages quickly reach the first pitch. At the bottom the crawling starts (some canal passage) for several hundred metres before finally ending as it reaches Zoology Pot. Easier going leads to the downstream sump, which connects to a side passage near the entrance of Great Douk Cave. Two side passages below Zoology Pot can be followed for only short distances before they end.

Access

 * Original entrance - approach via Great Douk Cave.
 * New entrance lies in Scar Close Nature Reserve, permission required - see CNCC website for info

History
Explored by ULSA in 1966.

References and Further Reading

 * 1) Brook D. & Crabbe H., 1969, "Great Douk and Southerscales Pot...", U.L.S.A. Explorations Journal, pp.33-36