Long Drop Cave

Long Drop Cave
Map showing the location of Long Drop Cave
Map showing the location of Long Drop Cave
LocationLeck Fell, Lancashire, England
OS gridSD 66967917
Coordinates54°12′26″N 2°30′28″W / 54.207282°N 2.507677°W / 54.207282; -2.507677
Depth61 metres (200 ft)
Length283 metres (928 ft)
Elevation351 metres (1,152 ft)
Discovery1965
GeologyCarboniferous limestone
Entrances2
HazardsVerticality, water
AccessUnrestricted
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Long Drop Cave is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into Death's Head Hole, 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.[1]

  1. ^ Allen, Tim (February–March 2012). "The True Length Unravelled". Descent (224): 24–25.