Big Meanie
Big Meanie is a cave in Leck, Lancaster, England. Big Meanie is situated nearby to the cave Death’s Head Hole, as well as near Gavel Pot.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Death’s Head Hole and Long Drop Cave.
Death’s Head Hole
Cave
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Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. Its entrance is a 64-metre deep shaft. It leads into Lost Johns' Cave and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Death’s Head Hole is situated 390 feet east of Big Meanie.
Long Drop Cave
Cave
Long Drop Cave is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England. It leads into Death's Head Hole, and is part of the Three Counties System, an 87-kilometre cave system which spans the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire. Long Drop Cave is situated 1,000 feet east of Big Meanie.
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 east of Big Meanie.
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 2½ miles south of Big Meanie.
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 3½ miles southeast of Big Meanie.
Kirkby Lonsdale
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirkby Lonsdale is a town in Cumbria in northwest England, with a population of 2000 in 2021. It's best known for Devil's Bridge, the ancient crossing over the River Lune.
Big Meanie
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Leck, Lancaster, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.20721° or 54° 12′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.5124° or 2° 30′ 45″ westOpen location code
9C6V6F4Q+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6919205081OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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Highlights include Gavel Pot and Eye Holes.
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