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    The Peak Cavern, also known as the Devil's Arse, is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. Peakshole Water flows through and out...
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    John Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England. The others are Peak Cavern, Treak Cliff Cavern and Speedwell Cavern. The...
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  • (300 m) from the entrance, after descending a narrow unexplored shaft in Peak Cavern, a famous cave system in Castleton in Derbyshire, on 22 March 1959. Initial...
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    Titan (cave) (redirect from Titan Cavern)
    Titan is a natural cavern near Castleton in the Derbyshire Peak District, and is the deepest shaft of any known cave in Britain, at 141.5 metres (464 ft)...
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    3km 2miles Speedwell Cavern Peak Cavern Treak Cliff Cavern Blue John Cavern Titan    Speedwell Cavern is one of the four show caves in Castleton, Derbyshire...
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    Cliff Cavern, but percolating water from the cave has been dye-tested and found to emerge at the Russet Well beside Peakshole Water near Peak Cavern in Castleton...
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    potholes and old mine workings found in the limestone of the White Peak. Peak Cavern, the largest and most important cave system, is even linked to the...
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    SSSI" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 29 April 2020. "Inside Peak CavernPeak Cavern". Retrieved 29 April 2020. "Jarvis Cocker shows announced at the...
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    Mam Tor (category Mountains and hills of the Peak District)
    Tor and nearby are four show caves: Blue John Cavern, Speedwell Cavern, Peak Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern where lead, Blue John, fluorspar and other minerals...
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    Castleton, Derbyshire (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
    the Peak) is thought to have been on the eastern boundary of Castleton, though some locals believe it to have been just south of the Speedwell Cavern footpath...
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  • caver dying in the UK as the result of becoming stuck was Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959. The cause of death was foul air building up around him. The...
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    Cave Dale (category Valleys of the Peak District)
    lava bed forms a hydrological barrier, creating an 'umbrella' effect in Peak Cavern below, preventing speleothem production beneath the bed. A bridleway...
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  • waterfall on the Coosa River at Wetumpka, Alabama, U.S. a descent on the Peak Cavern caves in Castleton, Derbyshire, England a path in The Silverpeaks, New...
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  • 1953 book in great detail and was filmed in various locations including Peak Cavern, Haddon Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire and the Duchy of Lancaster. David...
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    known as Thor's House Cavern and Thyrsis's Cave) is a natural cavern located at SK09865496 in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in Staffordshire, England...
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    Carlsbad Caverns National Park is an American national park in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park...
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    Poole's Cavern or Poole's Hole is a two-million-year-old natural limestone cave on the edge of Buxton in the Peak District, in the county of Derbyshire...
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  • the Peak District and List of caves in Derbyshire. Blue John Cavern Great Masson Cavern Great Rutland Cavern Oxlow Cavern Peak Cavern Poole's Cavern Speedwell...
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    114 hectares (280 acres) of grazing land Peveril Castle, Derbyshire Peak Cavern tourist attraction historic mineral rights Bolingbroke Castle, Lincolnshire...
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    365 ft (111 m) deep. Titan in the Peak District, the deepest shaft known in Britain, is connected to Peak Cavern in Castleton, Derbyshire, the largest...
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    including Wookey Hole Caves on Mendip, Dan-yr-Ogof in South Wales, Peak Cavern in the Peak District, Ingleborough Cave in the Yorkshire Dales, and Marble...
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    doctor was likely the first subterranean care of its kind. Neil Moss in Peak Cavern, England in 1959. Trapped in a narrow tunnel, he was suffocated by carbon...
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    Peakshole Water (category Rivers and valleys of the Peak District)
    Peakshole Water is a stream in the Derbyshire Peak District named after its source, Peak Cavern. It flows through the village of Castleton to join the...
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  • Otter Hole Oxlow Cavern Pate Hole Peak Cavern Pen Park Hole Pierre's Pot Poole's Cavern Portbraddon Cave Porth Yr Ogof Pridhamsleigh Cavern Rat Hole Reed's...
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    Fight For Life: The Neil Moss Story about the death of Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959. The film is notable for its detailed account of the rescue attempt...
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    Publications. ISBN 0-906867-05-3. Kaye, A. R. (1988). North Midland and Peak District Railways in the Steam Age. Vol. 2. Chesterfield: Lowlander Publications...
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    Winnats Pass (category Peak District)
    the Tour of the Peak cycle race each autumn. The gorge of Winnats Pass was once thought to have originated as a giant collapsed cavern; however, this idea...
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    colour. In the United Kingdom it is found only at Blue John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern at Castleton in Derbyshire. During the 19th century, it was...
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    Blackwell (near Alfreton) Blackwell (near Buxton) Blackwell in the Peak Blue John Cavern Bole Hill (Ashover) Bolehill (Barlow) Bolehill (Wirksworth) Bolsover...
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    caves in Derbyshire, England, arranged alphabetically. Many lie within the Peak District National Park. Some of the caves are protected Scheduled Monuments...
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