- Pate Hole
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The main Pate Hole cave was surveyed in 1960 by Phil Davies and Jack Whaddon. Later explorations have shown that the cave runs approximately 30m below the surface, for approximately 1000m. [cite web
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title =Great Asby & St Peter's Church
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publisher =Visit Cumbria
date =2005-11-06
url =http://www.visitcumbria.com/churches/greatasby.htm
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accessdate =2007-04-21 ]The cave extends 400m before reaching a chamber with a pool of around 20m in length. The direction of the cave then changes and continues for 200m more. [cite web
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title =Asby, Ashby or Askby, Westmoreland
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publisher =UK Genealogy Archives
date =1894-5
url =http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Westmoreland/places/Asby.html
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accessdate =2007-04-21 ]The full extent of the cave complex is not known as a number of the cross rifts have proven too small for human explorers to enter. Approximately 30m from the main shaft to the surface is a deep
sump , notable for its unusually clear water and estimated at approximately 40m deep. [cite journal
last =Metcalfe
first =Dave
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title =Pate Hole
journal =Belfry Bulletin
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issue =366
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publisher =Bristol Exploration Club
date =1978-10
url =http://www.bec-cave.org.uk/content/view/418/32/1/3/
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accessdate =2007-04-21 ]The source of the water in the sump is not known, but it is speculated to originate in limestone of the nearby
Great Asby Ridge . In times of flood or heavy rainfall the cave fills with water which emerges from the main entrance as a spring; however, this is not common. [cite journal
last =Warwick
first =Gordon T
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title =Influent Streams of the Southern and Central Pennines
journal =The Geographical Journal
volume =131
issue =1
pages =49–51
publisher =The Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
date =1965-03
url =http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0016-7398(196503)131%3A1%3C49%3AISOTSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T
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accessdate =2007-04-21
month =Mar
year =1965 ]References
External links
* [http://www.cavedatabase.co.uk/showacave.asp?id=4251 Pate Hole at the Cave Database]
* [http://www.banksidepublishing.co.uk/euroguides/britain/asby.html Euroguides guide to Great Asby]
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