Carlswark Resurgence

Location
Grid Reference SK 2207 7580

Altitude 513ft (156m). Length 10641ft (3243m).

Located at bottom of cliff face 50ft lower than Gin Entrance.

Description
Resurgence entrance much smaller than Historical texts describe. Area around entrance has been used as a tip in late 19th/early 20th Century?

A narrow slot leads into a large muddy chamber with main route off to R. Can be exceedingly muddy, stream flows from entrance in extreme conditions. Passage on R leads for 290ft (89m) to a sump - DO NOT FREE DIVE - over 90ft long. There is a difficult 9m climb to main series/Eyam Passage.

For a description see here

Access
Open access, no permission required.

References and Further Reading
Caves of Derbyshire TD Ford and DW Gill (1984)