Lost Johns’ Cave
Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England. With its three major vertical routes it is a popular place to practise single-rope technique because of the opportunity for exchange trips.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Lost John’s Cave” and “Lost Johns‘ Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lost Pot and Boxhead Pot.
Lost Pot
Cave
Lost Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87 kilometres cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Lost Pot is situated 830 feet south of Lost Johns’ Cave.
Boxhead Pot
Cave
Boxhead Pot is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into the top end of Lost Johns' Cave, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87 kilometres cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Boxhead Pot is situated 960 feet south of Lost Johns’ Cave.
Rumbling Hole
Cave
Rumbling Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 50-metre deep fenced shaft, and it rapidly descends a series of pitches to a low aqueous passage that has been connected to Lost Johns' Cave. Rumbling Hole is situated 1,500 feet north of Lost Johns’ Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Masongill and Scar End.
Masongill
Hamlet
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Masongill is a small community on the western edge of the county of North Yorkshire, England. The village, in the Yorkshire Dales, lies near the border of Lancashire to the west, and the nearby hamlet of Ireby. Masongill is situated 2 miles south of Lost Johns’ Cave.
Scar End
Hamlet
Scar End is a settlement on the side of Twisleton Scar in the English county of North Yorkshire. This Scar itself is the end of a spur running westwards from Whernside, one of the Three Peaks, towards Ingleton, North Yorkshire, and the beds of limestone project to a height of 120 metres above sea level. Scar End is situated 3 miles southeast of Lost Johns’ Cave.
Kirkby Lonsdale
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Kirkby Lonsdale is a town in Cumbria in England. Notable buildings include St Mary's Church, a Norman building with fine carved columns. The view of the River Lune from the churchyard is known as "Ruskin's View" after John Ruskin, who called it one of the loveliest in England.
Lost Johns’ Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Leck, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.20254° or 54° 12′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.50626° or 2° 30′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C6V6F3V+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 576499013OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q15242914
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In Other Languages
“Lost Johns’ Cave” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف جون المفقود”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rough Pot and Rift Entrance.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lost Johns’ Cave”. Photo: Goatchurch, Public domain.