Death's Head Hole

Death's Head Hole
Entrance of Death's Head Hole
Map showing the location of Death's Head Hole
Map showing the location of Death's Head Hole
LocationLeck Fell, Lancashire, England
OS gridSD 6678 7916[1]
Coordinates54°12′25″N 2°30′38″W / 54.207062°N 2.510612°W / 54.207062; -2.510612
Depth120 metres (390 ft)[1]
Length567 metres (1,860 ft)[1]
Elevation335 metres (1,099 ft)[1]
Discovery1889
GeologyCarboniferous limestone
Entrances3
Hazardsverticality
AccessUnrestricted
Cave surveycavemaps

Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 64-metre (210 ft) deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre (54 mi) cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Allshorn, Sam; Swire, Paul (2017). Northern Caves. Volume 3. The Three Counties System and the North-West. High Mead. p. 91. ISBN 9781527210950.
  2. ^ Allen, Tim (February–March 2012). "The True Length Unravelled". Descent (224): 24–25.