Hangover Hole

Location
Grid Reference SK 20693 75955

Altitude 786ft (240m). Length ?ft (?m).

Entrance 25m above road level on the South side of Stoney Middleton Dale about 30m East of the track up to Horseshoe Quarry. Shored entrance in corner of small rock outcrop.

Description
Tight squeeze into low chamber leading to 3m drop into series of large breakdown chambers. A very strange place with little sign of any water formed features.

For a description see here

In September 2011, two members of Chesterfield Caving Club went to look for Rubble Rift, but ended up at a small rocky outcrop opposite Furness Quarry Parking. After clearing much soil and blocks they found a slot leading to a small bedding chamber 2m W x 4m L x 1m H, a very tight squeeze led into another small chamber in the hillside.

There is voice and light connection to the first chamber in Hangover Hole, but the connection is impossibly tight. It was named 'Sober Rift' after naming convention on the south side of the Dale!

Access
Open access, no permission required.

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

www.PeakDistrictCaving.info