(Casterton Fell)
Hazards and Warnings
We have received notice that there may have been some movement (around September/October 2025) which has blocked, or at least made the route through the boulders between Eureka Junction and Stop Pot more challenging. The traditional route along the wall in/above the water in our descriptions may no longer be navigable, meaning the alternative crawl route may need to be taken. We would welcome a thorough inspection of the area and some suggested wording amendments for our descriptions.
Warning 1 year ago
We received warning (11th Feb 2024) of movement in Battle of Britain Chamber in County Pot. The mud slope at the top of the chamber, and the boulders it holds (just in front of the hole leading up towards Splash Chamber) shifted, loosening several boulders. In a second report on 28th April 2024, loose rocks were reported above the crawl between Battle of Britain Chamber and Showerbath Passage. Overall, there seems to have been widespread movement in this already fractured area and additional care an awareness is needed when transiting all routes in and around this chamber (including the Upper Trident route to Eureka Junction and the Manchester Bypass) to watch out for loose rock.
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Access
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Advanced online booking is required. You can also email the booking seretary.
Access to this cave is available to everyone all year round, but must be booked prior to your trip to satisfy the landowner’s requirements for managed access (and out of courtesy to other cavers too). One booking may be made per cave entrance per day. The CNCC has created a simple online booking system to allow individuals to book access to this (and other) caves using an intuitive calendar-based approach.
Note: First time users will need to register before being able to log into the system. The process should be self-explanatory but if you have any questions please email our system administrator via the address below.
Bookings made via the online system are live immediately.
Anyone wishing to book access without using the online system can do so by emailing the system administrator. Please include details of which cave you would like to book and what date:
booking@cncc.org.uk
Please note that if you are arranging your booking by email, rather than via the online system, you MUST wait for confirmation from the system administrator that your chosen date is available and the booking has been finalised BEFORE visiting the cave. Please allow two weeks’ notice in the eventuality the administrator is on holiday.
This cave is on access land. Click here for more information.
Rigging Topos, Descriptions & Documents
Ease Gill Caverns.
A thorough description of most of the popular entrances to, and routes through Ease Gill Caverns, to accompany the various individual rigging topos. Included are Lancaster Hole, Cow Pot, County Pot, Wretched Rabbit, Pool Sink, Boundary Pot and Top Sink and several routes between these various entrances plus some interesting round trips.
Report a topo or description error
Fixed Aids
Further info:
County Pot is fitted with stainless steel P-type resin anchors only on pitches depicted on the topo.
More information about CNCC resin anchors
Location
54.2191868587396, -2.49991632325655
Please note that locations are correct to the best of our knowledge however are often taken from old books so they may not be absolutely accurate and are shown simply as a guide.
Entrance Photos
