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Westcliff, Portland.
| NGR: | SY 67881 71431 |
| WGS84: | 50.54176, -2.45463 |
| Length: | 330 m |
| Depth: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Cave, Fissure |
| Registry: | mcr-d |
Huge, cambering fissure providing a sporting through trip. Main (southern) entrance above exposed, difficult earth bank & gully climb. Second (northern) entrance found just above path level a few metres north of the pinnacle / Hopeless Hole.
Connected to Hopeless Hole via committing rift providing the most frequently used 'northern' entrance.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: The cambering block itself contains another cave: Gemini Rift.
Mass-movement (Gull) cave
Cave length given includes Hopeless Hole
Surveys:
Steve’s Endeavour, Moldywarps Speleological Group, 1983
Links and Resources:
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This entry was last updated: 2022-04-12 22:33:17
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