Long Rift Pot

Location
Grid Reference: |Allotment%20Gate;54.150865;-2.362020|Allotment%20Stile;54.147746;-2.366700|P5%20Stile;54.149061;-2.370446;&scale=16 SD 76305 72609.

Altitude: 400 m

Long Rift Pot is located 30 m south-east of the Allotment wall and 260 m south-east of the Allotment Gate, in the middle of a tussocky area.

Description
A 9 m long rift oriented SE-NW, Long Rift provides an easy climb-down at the southern end, and thence down shoring to the base of a 12 m deep clean-washed shaft. A low bedding takes the water.

Access
Permission for access should be obtained from Crummack Farm, Austwick

History
An open hole, it was first recorded in the first edition of Northern Caves as being a 20' "deep gash which is a simply walk down".1 It was originally dug by North Manchester Caving Club in the summer of 1976,2 as evidenced by some rotten shoring, but further digging by a team of mainly Dave Checkley, John Gardner, John Sellers and Phil Johnstone reached the base of the shaft in November 2008 and exposed the small outlet passage, which receives occasional attention.3

References and Further Reading

 * 1) Brook A, Brook D, Griffiths J. & Long M.H. (1975), Northern Caves Volume 3 Ingleborough, page 35. Dalesman Books, Clapham
 * 2) Addis F, personal communication - 7th March 2009
 * 3) Gardner J.W. 2008, Long Rift Pot Project Log, http://www.braemoor.co.uk/cavingtrip/longrift.shtml - retrieved 20/11/2008
 * 4) Gardner J.W. 2010, "Tales of Valiant Effort and Pathetic Failure", CPC Record, No. 98, p. 27