Eldon Hole
Access
No need to contact farmer for routine trips. Approach from Perry Dale up Eldon Lane and park at top end, just beyond Sweetknoll House. Recognisable footpath from here. Avoid using surrounding fence posts as belays, or causing damage or nuisance.
This site is part of the DCA SSSI Conservation Monitoring Scheme.
See the DCA website for competition details.
See the DCA website for competition details.
References
(2021) DCRO Hauling Exercise at Eldon Hole, The Derbyshire Caver 255, p.14, Derbyshire Caving Association
(2021) Excavations in Eldon Hole, The Derbyshire Caver 155, p.12, Derbyshire Caving Association
(2021) Human and animal bones from Eldon Hole, The Derbyshire Caver 155, p.12., Derbyshire Caving Association
Gallery
Andrew Chamberlain being lowered into the hole, looking south.
Entrance from below
Rigging East Pitch
Rigging North Pitch
Shaft base from halfway down the east pitch
View South
