Yorkshire Dales and

White Scar Cave

Ack: some images from publication:

Rob Brain, September 2018 ”White Scar Cave”, Heritage House Media, 2010
 In these slides...
We visited the UK in July 2017, including
White Scar Cave in the Yorkshire Dales.
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Our cave photos
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About the Yorkshire Dales, incl geology
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The locality
Yorkshire Dales National Park
The Yorkshire Dales National Park
is in northern England, and
encompasses thousands of
square miles of moors, valleys,
hills and villages, and
a lot of limestone.

Location map next slide.../

LOCATION
Yorkshire Dales National Park

~70km

Ref: http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/map.html
 Geology
“Much of the Yorkshire Dales area is limestone
country, the geology of which gives rise to the area's
spectacular natural and unique karstic features,
including limestone cliffs (such as Malham Cove)
and limestone gorges (such as Gordale Scar),
as well as some of the finest examples of
limestone pavements in Europe.”

Source:
http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/limestone-country.html
Malham Cove
Gordale Scar
 CAVES AND CAVING in the Yorkshire Dales

Containing some of England's finest limestone scenery, the Yorkshire

Dales is very popular as a destination for cavers and potholers
wanting to explore the region's extensive networks of caves and
potholes. Famous systems in the Yorkshire Dales area include the
following to name but a few:
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Gaping Gill system on the western flank of Ingleborough,
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Alum Pot / Long Churn system in Ribblesdale,
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Kingsdale Master System in Kingsdale near Ingleton,
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Dow Cave near Kettlewell,
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The notorious Mossdale Caverns in Upper Wharfedale, and
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The Goyden Pot and Manchester Hole systems in Upper
Nidderdale.
ref: http://www.yorkshire-dales.com/caves.html
 White Scar Cave
On the edge of the park, not far from Ingleton. And infamous
Ribblehead Viaduct is just up the valley (11km from Ingleton).

0 11km
btw — Ingleton Pottery
 White Scar — some cave facts
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Opened in 1925
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Claimed to be the longest show cave in Britain *
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So named:- limestone outcrops or scars which overlook
the entrance
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A “Master Cave” — main drainage channel for the locality
with more than 30 subsidiary streams feeding it
[source: 1937 edition of the guidebook]
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Battlefield Cavern — one of the largest in UK that is open
to visitors *

* Source: “White Scar Cave” booklet

 Geology
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The ‘Three Peaks’ dominate the landscape
(Ingleborough is close to White Scar).
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Nearly horizontal layers of grit and shale,
resting on the Great Scar Limestone.
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White Scar Cave formed under Ingleborough
between 400,000 and 100,000 years ago
between the ice ages.

* Source: “White Scar Cave” booklet

 The terrain
Ingleborough
(one of the ‘Three Peaks’)

Google Earth
 Ingleborough
(one of the ‘Three Peaks’)

Google Earth
White Scar Cave

Source: “White Scar Cave” booklet

Cave rescues!
 Our visit

A few photos from our visit

in July 2017 follow

(in 62 separate jpeg files)