Rowten Pot

Infobox Cave
name = Rowten Pot
photo = Rowton Pot entrance.jpg
caption = Entrance shaft looking south
location = Kingsdale, North Yorkshire
depth = convert|105|m|ft|0|lk=oncite book
title=Selected Caves of Britain and Ireland
author=Des Marshal, Donald Rust
id = ISBN 1-871-89043-8
year=1997]
length = convert|259|m|ft|0|lk=on
coordinates = coord|54|11.814|N|2|27.845|W|type:cave
survey =
discovery = first descent of shaft in 1897
geology = Limestone
difficulty = Grade 4
hazards =
access = Free

Rowten Pot is one of several hill top entrances into the West Kingsdale System in North Yorkshire, England. It connects into the "Kingsdale Master Cave" through a sump which is possible, though not recommended, to free-dive.

The cave is a popular site for practicing Single Rope Technique, [cite web
url=http://www.brcc.org.uk/reports/rowtenpot1.html
title=Rowten Pot - Caves and pots
date=2006-07-08
name=Mike Skyrme
publisher=Black Rose Caving Club] being spacious and relatively complex to rig for a surface shaft. Most of the cave is within sight of daylight with relatively little horizontal development.

The water which falls down Rowten Pot sinks into the ground 150m to the west of the pot on the other side of Turbary Road. This minor horizontal stream system, known as Rowten Cave, is "safe for children to play in", according to Alfred Wainwright.Fact|date=February 2008

In 1939 a fatal accident had prompted BBC Radio to broadcast a request for help from all potholers.cite web
url=http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/arb/cpc/century.html
title=A Century of British Caving
author=Ric Halliwell
publisher= Craven Pothole Club] The first fatality for the Cave Rescue Organisation on a rescue occurred here in 1986. An accident involving a threaded and worn out anchor in 1990 resulting in a broken back [cite journal
author = Nigel Robertson
year = 1990
month = Summer
title = Short, Sharp Shock at Rowten Pot
journal = Caves & Caving
issn =
issue = 48
pages = page 31–32] hastened the development of eco hangers [cite web
url=http://cucc.survex.com/archive/jnl/1994/tatty.htm
title=Bolting Tatty - A Seven Part Epic
publisher=Cambridge Underground
year=1994
pages= pp 17-19
author=Wookey] [cite web
url=http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/andy.mccarron/cncc/test93.htm
title=Destruction Test Results - Resin Bonded ECO Anchors
date=1993-04-20
publisher=Council of Northern Caving Clubs]

Other nearby caves include Swinsto Hole, Simpson's Pot, Jingling Pot, and Valley Entrance.

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