Gaping Gill: Inside as Yorkshire Dales cave opened to the public

Rarely explored Yorkshire Dales cave opened to the public

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People have been given a rare chance to descend into one of the largest underground cave chambers in Britain. Gaping Gill has a network of tunnels at the bottom of a large crater on the moors near Ingleborough, in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.Descents into the main chamber happen twice a year, when pothole clubs set up a winch over the main shaft entrance.

John Birbeck from Settle attempted the first descent in 1842, when he was lowered on a rope by farm labourers.Image source,

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