Mossdale Caverns

Location
Grid Reference: SE 016697

Altitude: 426 m

Small entrance beneath Mossdale Scar.

Access
Permission will not be given to enter the cave.

Description
All of Mossdale Beck sinks at Mossdale Scar (the largest stream sink in the north) and with a large catchment means Mossdale Caverns is subject to particularly serious flooding.

A slightly complicated entrance series leads through the Assembly Hall and through The First and Second Drown or Glory (The Swim) to emerge in the spacious Boulder Hall. Beyond walking passage 'Broadway' soon splits and a variety of routes of varying difficulty lead to Rough Chamber. From here Rough Crawl leads on, occasional canal sections and crawling on sandstone eventually reach a significant junction.

At Kneewrecker Junction two routes are possible: To the right: Marathon Series, leading to High Level Mud Caverns and Stream End Cave. To the left: Kneewrecker Series, leading to Tunnel Caves and Far North.

History
Discovered in 1941.