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Knotlow Cavern, Fourways Shaft

Stats

GradeIII - V
Length2000
Depth76
Altitude279
Location53.2048 -1.7875
OS NGRSK 14294 67541

Feature

  • Shaft
SSSI

Part of the Knotlow/Hillocks system.

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Key Documents

mapKnotlow, Hillocks, Wharf Mine Survey, 1980

Location

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Entrance of Knotlow Cavern, Fourways Shaft

Access

In dip SE of Knotlow Farm. Access not normally allowed (shaft top is next to a public footpath), reserved for emergency use only.

References

Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010), , Caves of the Peak District, p. 234, p.235 (survey), DCA