Dog Hole, Devon

Location
Grid reference: SX 7487 6790

Altitude: 60m

The entrance is a small circular hole in a bank about 150 metres from Pridhamsleigh Cavern back towards the lane past the farm.

Description
Length: 270m

Vertical range: 15m

A slippery phreatic tube leads down to a boulder chamber. Part way down the entrance passage a low tunnel on the right leads to a very awkward dog leg squeeze passable only by those over 1.80 metres by removing footwear and waving one's stockinged feet in the roof! A small chamber is followed by a constricted descending tube to a point where one can stand. A crawl then leads to a large chamber once endowed with a glistening crystal floor. Beyond here a variety of side passages exist one of which The Soup Dragon's Lair is reached by a tortuous squeeze and tube. In the early 1990's members of SWAG managed to excavate a route down to a narrow sump that has been dived without a firm conclusion. The cave was once very well decorated but has been quite badly muddied since its discovery. There is scope for further extensions and it is likely to be linked to the nearby Pridhamsleigh Cavern.

Access
Contact or visit Pridhamsleigh Farm.

References and Further Reading

 * Devon and Cornwall Underground Council cave registry entry.