Early exploration of Ease Gill Caverns

SOME RRCPC ORIGINAL EXPLORATION ACCOUNTS IN LANCASTER HOLE AND EASE GILL CAVERNS

The history of exploration of the caves of Casterton and Leck Fell is complex and goes back to records from the end of the 19th Century. Below are links to a selection of articles produced by Red Rose members. For full list see link to Club Publications page.

Early explorations (Before discovery of Lancaster Hole)
Early Ease Gill explorations (BSA) Pre 1945
Early Exploration of Lancaster Hole. Article by George Cornes 1950's
Photographs by Ron Bliss mainly from the 1950's
Early Access Problems. 1959-60. Article from first RRCPC Journal,1960
Ease Gill Diary. RRCPC Journal 1 1961
Ease Gill Diary. RRCPC Journal 2 1962
Original Exploration of Upper Trident Series. RRCPC 3 1963
Original Exploraion of Borehole by NLSG and RRCPC 1964
Ease Gill Diary. RRCPC Journal 4 1967
Original Exploration of Red Rose Series, Aygill Caverns. 1965. RRCPC 5
Original Exploration of Montagu South Passages. 1969 RRCPC 5
Early Exploration of Pegleg Pot. RRCPC 6 1970
Original Exploration of Aardvark Country. 1970. RRCPC 6
Original Exploration of How Gill Sink. 1970. RRCPC 6
Original Exploration of Gale Garth Pot. 1971 RRCPC 6
Original Exploration of Maracaibo. 1973 RRCPC 7
Original Exploration of Woodhouse Way 1980. RRCPC 8
Original exploration of Wisdom Tooth Extension 1981. RRCPCC 8
Original exploration of Syvester Pot. RRCPC Journal 9
Original exploration of Wretched Rabbit Ent Series. 1984. RRCPC9
Original Exploration of Bank Holiday Hole. RRCPC Journal 9
Original Exploration of Dismal Bypass-Luff's Passage. RRCPC Journal 9

Another useful set of references is on the Northern Pennine Club's website The earliest publication of which knowledge still persists is "Caverns of Upper Easegill", published in March 1952 as a 'Northern Pennine Club Publication', and reprinted (on paper) in 1987 and compiled by A.Jowett,B.Sc.,Ph.D. & J.Aspin,M.A.,M.D. There are many other references on tis site to Ease Gill Caverns explorations by that club and RRCPC members e.g. Connection of Easegill Caverns to Lancaster Hole via Poetic Justice by Bliss et al.

RRCPC 2005