Notts Pot

Notts Pot, Leck Fell
AKA: Notts Hole
Area: Leck Fell
Grade: 3
NGR: SD67107780
Lat/long: 54.1949, -2.50574
Elevation: 373m
Length: 1.10km (Part of the Three Counties System)
Depth: 115m (Depth including Notts II to IV 157m)
Rock Type: Great Scar Limestone

Access

CNCC

Exploration

  • First Explored 1946 BSA

References

Publication Title Club Author
CPC Record, number 1 Notts Pot NPC Cordingley, J.
Cave Science, number 1, page 5 (June 1947) Notts Hole Nottingham Uni Climbing Club Anon.
Cave Science, number 7, page 282 (January 1949) B.S.A. Explorations 1939-1947, Notts Pot. BSA Simpson, E.
Cave Science, number 19, page 129-136 & 155 (January 1952) Notes on Yorkshire Cave exploration Yorkie
CRG Newsletter, number 41 (Sept/Oct 1952) Preliminary report on the discovery of a coal seam in notts pot NPC Jowett, A.
RRCPC Journal, page 4 (1960) Colour Test at Notts Pot RRCPC Anon.
RRCPC Journal, number 1, page 3 (May 1962) A Brief Report for 1960 RRCPC Dave
ULSA Review, number 1, page 6-11 (1966) Fourth way down Notts Pot ULSA Adamson, D.
Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 1, page 41 (Nov 1967) Notts Pot CPC Rose, P.
The Speleologist, volume 2, number 12, page 8-9 &26 (Summer 1967) Birthday Pot (A fourth route down Notts Pot) ULSA Adamson, D.
Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 1, page 66-68 (Nov 1967) Local News ULSA The Librarian
Descent, number 2, page 9 (Feb-March 1969) Notts Pot collapse
Journal of the LUCC, number 10, page 6-8 (Autumn 1969) A dive in Notts Pot LUCC Waltham, A.
Journal of the LUCC, number 9 (Spring 1969) Notts Pot LUCC Anon.
The Explorations Journal of the ULSA, page 4-6 (October 1969) Leck and Casterton Fells - Notts Pot , Adamsons Route ULSA Brook, D. & Crabtree, H.
The Bulletin of the British Speleological Assoc., number 85, page 13-15 (April 1970) Some thoughts on the "Three Counties System". Long, M.H.
ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970) Discoveries and Extensions, Notts Pot BUSS Crabtree, H.
Descent, number 10, page 5 (Jan/Feb 1970) BUSS busy in Notts BUSS
The Gritstone Club Journal New series, number 3, page 29-35 (Autumn 1970) Leck Fell - Recent developments and theories GC Sutcliffe, R.
ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970) Discoveries and Extensions, Notts Pot LUSS Crabtree, H.
Descent, number 15, page 13 (November 1970) LUSS push hard in Notts pot LUSS Tony Coghlan
Descent, number 12, page 8 (May/June 1970) Notts warning LUSS
Descent, number 10, page 7 (Jan/Feb 1970) Stop press LUSS
ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970) Discoveries and Extensions, Notts Pot NCC Crabtree, H.
Journal of the British Speleological Association, volume 6, number 48, page 29-32 (December 1971) Leck Fell and the Three Counties System Waltham, A.C.
Omnibus, volume 1, number 2, page 3-6 (January 1971) Exploring & Surveying in Notts Pot BUSS Lowe, D
Omnibus, volume 1, number 2, page 36-37 (January 1971) Recent Developments BUSS Lowe, D
Descent, number 18, page 9 (September 1971) News in Notts BUSS Nigel Diben
LUSS Journal, number 1, page 7-9 (1971) Exploration Reports, - Notts Pot Extension LUSS Proctor, A.
LUSS Journal, number 1 (1971) Stop Press - Notts Pot Extension LUSS Rogerson, E.
Descent, number 16, page 15 (Jan/Feb 1971) Sticky situations in Notts dig LUSS
Omnibus, volume 1, number 3, page 1-9 (February 1972) A possible speleogenesis for Notts Pot BUSS Lowe, D
Omnibus, volume 1, number 3, page 37-38 (February 1972) The Re-exploration of Lathams Aven BUSS Lowe, D
Omnibus, volume 1, number 3, page 40 (February 1972) Recent Caving Exploits BUSS
ULSA Review, number 9, page 1 (April 1972) Discoveries and Extensions BUSS Anon.
ULSA Review, number 9, page 1 (April 1972) Discoveries and Extensions ULSA Anon.
Omnibus, volume 1, number 4, page 6-8 (August 1973) Notts Pot Surface Area BUSS Underhill, D
BSA Bulletin New Series, number 9 (June 1973) Leck Fell CDG Anon.
CDG Newsletter, number 29, page 21 (Oct 1973) Notts Pot CDG
ULSA Review, number 12, page 5-6 (March 1974) Review of Northern Cave Diving CDG Latham, A.
Descent, number 34, page 4 (August 1976) Papard dives to link Notts Pot and Ireby Cavern Papard, P.
CDG Newsletter, number 40, page 27 (July 1976) Notts Pot CDG
BSA Bulletin, number 19, page 34 (Feb 1978) Stop press the Dales - Leck Fell CPG Anon.
Caves & Caving, number 16, page 9 (Feb 1982) Understanding Notts Paul Hindle
Journal of the CPC, volume 6, number 4, page 180-183 (1983) Getting up north, the slow way: Explorations in Notts Pot CPC Bennett, T. & Gough, S.
Caves & Caving, number 20, page 17 (May 1983) Notts Pot CPC Steve Gough, Tony Bennett
Caves & Caving, page 5 (May 1985) Notts Pot
Descent, number 66, page 9 (October 1985) Skorupka dives in Notts sump CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 77, page 14 (Oct 1985) Notts Pot CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 78, page 24 (Jan 1986) Notts Pot CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 79, page 11 (April 1986) Notts Pot CDG
Descent, number 69, page 5 (March/April 1986) More big finds in Notts Pot CDG/NPC
Caves & Caving, number 32, page 3 (May 1986) Nots Pot NPC Andy Hall
Caves & Caving, number 31, page 2-4 (Feb 1986) The Penine find the way - a major link in the Three Counties System NPC C.J. Danilewicz
Descent, number 68, page 7 (Jan/Feb 1986) Leck Fell Master Cave found! NPC
Descent, number 75, page 9 (April/May 1987) Shakehole collapse seals Notts Pot Entrance
Descent, number 79, page 7 (Dec/Jan 1987) Dive dampens hopes of Gavel - 3 Counties link CDG
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 3-5 (January 1987) Notts Pot - The Background NPC Waddington, A
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 6-9 (January 1987) The Notts Pots Dives NPC Sudell, B
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 9-13 (January 1987) The Exploration of Notts 2 NPC Riley, P
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 14-17 (January 1987) Notts beyond sump 1- A guidebook description NPC Stanton, R
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 18-20 (January 1987) A day in the life of a humble Notts Sherpa NPC Proudlove, G
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 24-26 (January 1987) Conclusions & Future Prospects NPC Riley, P & Waddington, A
NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 26 (January 1987) Notes on the survey of the Notts Pot Extention NPC Cordingley, J
Descent, number 85, page 8 (December/January 1988) Notts pot CDG
Descent, number 84, page 11 (October/November 1988) Notts Pot CDG
Descent, number 80, page 9 (February/March 1988) Notts to Lost Johns: only 100ft to go NCC/KCC
Descent, number 86, page 10 (February/March 1989) Notts/Lost John's link still sought
Descent, number 87, page 10 (June/July 1989) Notts pot: Aven climb completed CDG
Descent, number 87, page 10 (June/July 1989) Ireby/Notts exchange CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 91, page 14 (April 1989) Notts Pot CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 92, page 16 (July 1989) Notts Pot CDG
Descent, number 87, page 10 (June/July 1989) Draining Notts/Ireby Sump EPC
The Caver - NCC Journal, page 22-26 (1989) Some fairly recent dives in the Dales - Notts Pot. NCC Skorupka, R.
CDG Newsletter, number 94, page 18 (Jan 1990) Notts Pot CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 96, page 22 (July 1990) Notts Pot CDG
Descent, number 92, page 7 (Feb/Mar 1990) Notts II NPC
CDG Newsletter, number 101, page 15 (Oct 1991) Notts Pot CDG
Descent, number 125, page 10 (Aug/Sept 1995) Far downstream Notts CDG
Descent, number 124, page 37 (June/July 1995) Disappointed at Notts CDG Rupert Skorupka
Descent, number 124, page 16 (June/July 1995) Diving News CDG
Descent, number 123, page 9 (April/May 1995) Diving News CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 116, page 20 (July 1995) Notts Pot CDG
Caves & Caving, number 68, page 3 (Summer 1995) Notts Pot survey extended NCC/CDG
Caves & Caving, number 71, page 4 (Spring 1996) Notts 2 CDG
Descent, number 130, page 11 (June/July 1996) Diving News CDG
Descent, number 128, page 17 (Feb/Mar 1996) Diving News CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 119, page 23 (April 1996) Notts Pot CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 121, page 20 (Oct 1996) Notts Pot CDG
RRCPC Journal, number 10, page 22 (June 1997) Richard Reynolds Remembers ! RRCPC Reynolds, R.
Descent, number 150, page 14 (Oct/Nov 1999) Notts on the move again CNCC Jim Sloan
Descent, number 151, page 9 (Dec/Jan 1999) Wetstone wall at Nott's pot CPC Ric Halliwell
CPC Record, number 56, page 38-39 (October 1999) Getting up north, the very slow way - Notts pot CPC Halliwell,R.
CDG Newsletter, number 144, page 10 (July 2002) Notts Pot CDG
CDG Newsletter, number 149, page 17 (Oct 2003) Notts Pot CDG
Descent, number 181, page 16 (Dec Jan 2004/5 2004) Notts Pot fatality RRCPC
Descent, number 215, page 18-22 (Aug/Sept 2010) The Three Counties Chasing a dream MMMMC Walsh, A.
Descent, number 242, page 8 (Feb 2015) New route in Notts Pot
NPC Journal 2015, page 135-136 (2015) Notts Pot NPC Goddard, A.

References

CPC Record, number 1

Title: Notts Pot

Club: NPC

Author: Cordingley, J.


Cave Science, number 1, page 5 (June 1947)

Title: Notts Hole

Club: Nottingham Uni Climbing Club

Author: Anon.


Cave Science, number 7, page 282 (January 1949)

Title: B.S.A. Explorations 1939-1947, Notts Pot.

Club: BSA

Author: Simpson, E.


Cave Science, number 19, page 129-136 & 155 (January 1952)

Title: Notes on Yorkshire Cave exploration

Author: Yorkie


CRG Newsletter, number 41 (Sept/Oct 1952)

Title: Preliminary report on the discovery of a coal seam in notts pot

Club: NPC

Author: Jowett, A.


RRCPC Journal, page 4 (1960)

Title: Colour Test at Notts Pot

Club: RRCPC

Author: Anon.


RRCPC Journal, number 1, page 3 (May 1962)

Title: A Brief Report for 1960

Club: RRCPC

Author: Dave


ULSA Review, number 1, page 6-11 (1966)

Title: Fourth way down Notts Pot

Club: ULSA

Author: Adamson, D.


Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 1, page 41 (Nov 1967)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CPC

Author: Rose, P.


The Speleologist, volume 2, number 12, page 8-9 &26 (Summer 1967)

Title: Birthday Pot (A fourth route down Notts Pot)

Club: ULSA

Author: Adamson, D.


Journal of the CPC, volume 4, number 1, page 66-68 (Nov 1967)

Title: Local News

Club: ULSA

Author: The Librarian


Descent, number 2, page 9 (Feb-March 1969)

Title: Notts Pot collapse


Journal of the LUCC, number 10, page 6-8 (Autumn 1969)

Title: A dive in Notts Pot

Club: LUCC

Author: Waltham, A.


Journal of the LUCC, number 9 (Spring 1969)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: LUCC

Author: Anon.


The Explorations Journal of the ULSA, page 4-6 (October 1969)

Title: Leck and Casterton Fells - Notts Pot , Adamsons Route

Club: ULSA

Author: Brook, D. & Crabtree, H.


The Bulletin of the British Speleological Assoc., number 85, page 13-15 (April 1970)

Title: Some thoughts on the "Three Counties System".

Author: Long, M.H.


ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970)

Title: Discoveries and Extensions, Notts Pot

Club: BUSS

Author: Crabtree, H.


Descent, number 10, page 5 (Jan/Feb 1970)

Title: BUSS busy in Notts

Club: BUSS


The Gritstone Club Journal New series, number 3, page 29-35 (Autumn 1970)

Title: Leck Fell - Recent developments and theories

Club: GC

Author: Sutcliffe, R.


ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970)

Title: Discoveries and Extensions, Notts Pot

Club: LUSS

Author: Crabtree, H.


Descent, number 15, page 13 (November 1970)

Title: LUSS push hard in Notts pot

Club: LUSS

Author: Tony Coghlan


Descent, number 12, page 8 (May/June 1970)

Title: Notts warning

Club: LUSS


Descent, number 10, page 7 (Jan/Feb 1970)

Title: Stop press

Club: LUSS


ULSA Review, number 6, page 1 (April 1970)

Title: Discoveries and Extensions, Notts Pot

Club: NCC

Author: Crabtree, H.


Journal of the British Speleological Association, volume 6, number 48, page 29-32 (December 1971)

Title: Leck Fell and the Three Counties System

Author: Waltham, A.C.


Omnibus, volume 1, number 2, page 3-6 (January 1971)

Title: Exploring & Surveying in Notts Pot

Club: BUSS

Author: Lowe, D


Omnibus, volume 1, number 2, page 36-37 (January 1971)

Title: Recent Developments

Club: BUSS

Author: Lowe, D


Descent, number 18, page 9 (September 1971)

Title: News in Notts

Club: BUSS

Author: Nigel Diben


LUSS Journal, number 1, page 7-9 (1971)

Title: Exploration Reports, - Notts Pot Extension

Club: LUSS

Author: Proctor, A.


LUSS Journal, number 1 (1971)

Title: Stop Press - Notts Pot Extension

Club: LUSS

Author: Rogerson, E.


Descent, number 16, page 15 (Jan/Feb 1971)

Title: Sticky situations in Notts dig

Club: LUSS


Omnibus, volume 1, number 3, page 1-9 (February 1972)

Title: A possible speleogenesis for Notts Pot

Club: BUSS

Author: Lowe, D


Omnibus, volume 1, number 3, page 37-38 (February 1972)

Title: The Re-exploration of Lathams Aven

Club: BUSS

Author: Lowe, D


Omnibus, volume 1, number 3, page 40 (February 1972)

Title: Recent Caving Exploits

Club: BUSS


ULSA Review, number 9, page 1 (April 1972)

Title: Discoveries and Extensions

Club: BUSS

Author: Anon.


ULSA Review, number 9, page 1 (April 1972)

Title: Discoveries and Extensions

Club: ULSA

Author: Anon.


Omnibus, volume 1, number 4, page 6-8 (August 1973)

Title: Notts Pot Surface Area

Club: BUSS

Author: Underhill, D


BSA Bulletin New Series, number 9 (June 1973)

Title: Leck Fell

Club: CDG

Author: Anon.


CDG Newsletter, number 29, page 21 (Oct 1973)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


ULSA Review, number 12, page 5-6 (March 1974)

Title: Review of Northern Cave Diving

Club: CDG

Author: Latham, A.


Descent, number 34, page 4 (August 1976)

Title: Papard dives to link Notts Pot and Ireby Cavern

Author: Papard, P.


CDG Newsletter, number 40, page 27 (July 1976)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


BSA Bulletin, number 19, page 34 (Feb 1978)

Title: Stop press the Dales - Leck Fell

Club: CPG

Author: Anon.


Caves & Caving, number 16, page 9 (Feb 1982)

Title: Understanding Notts

Author: Paul Hindle


Journal of the CPC, volume 6, number 4, page 180-183 (1983)

Title: Getting up north, the slow way: Explorations in Notts Pot

Club: CPC

Author: Bennett, T. & Gough, S.


Caves & Caving, number 20, page 17 (May 1983)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CPC

Author: Steve Gough, Tony Bennett


Caves & Caving, page 5 (May 1985)

Title: Notts Pot


Descent, number 66, page 9 (October 1985)

Title: Skorupka dives in Notts sump

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 77, page 14 (Oct 1985)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 78, page 24 (Jan 1986)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 79, page 11 (April 1986)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 69, page 5 (March/April 1986)

Title: More big finds in Notts Pot

Club: CDG/NPC


Caves & Caving, number 32, page 3 (May 1986)

Title: Nots Pot

Club: NPC

Author: Andy Hall


Caves & Caving, number 31, page 2-4 (Feb 1986)

Title: The Penine find the way - a major link in the Three Counties System

Club: NPC

Author: C.J. Danilewicz


Descent, number 68, page 7 (Jan/Feb 1986)

Title: Leck Fell Master Cave found!

Club: NPC


Descent, number 75, page 9 (April/May 1987)

Title: Shakehole collapse seals Notts Pot Entrance


Descent, number 79, page 7 (Dec/Jan 1987)

Title: Dive dampens hopes of Gavel - 3 Counties link

Club: CDG


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 3-5 (January 1987)

Title: Notts Pot - The Background

Club: NPC

Author: Waddington, A


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 6-9 (January 1987)

Title: The Notts Pots Dives

Club: NPC

Author: Sudell, B


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 9-13 (January 1987)

Title: The Exploration of Notts 2

Club: NPC

Author: Riley, P


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 14-17 (January 1987)

Title: Notts beyond sump 1- A guidebook description

Club: NPC

Author: Stanton, R


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 18-20 (January 1987)

Title: A day in the life of a humble Notts Sherpa

Club: NPC

Author: Proudlove, G


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 24-26 (January 1987)

Title: Conclusions & Future Prospects

Club: NPC

Author: Riley, P & Waddington, A


NPC Journal, volume 4, number 1, page 26 (January 1987)

Title: Notes on the survey of the Notts Pot Extention

Club: NPC

Author: Cordingley, J


Descent, number 85, page 8 (December/January 1988)

Title: Notts pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 84, page 11 (October/November 1988)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 80, page 9 (February/March 1988)

Title: Notts to Lost Johns: only 100ft to go

Club: NCC/KCC


Descent, number 86, page 10 (February/March 1989)

Title: Notts/Lost John's link still sought


Descent, number 87, page 10 (June/July 1989)

Title: Notts pot: Aven climb completed

Club: CDG


Descent, number 87, page 10 (June/July 1989)

Title: Ireby/Notts exchange

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 91, page 14 (April 1989)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 92, page 16 (July 1989)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 87, page 10 (June/July 1989)

Title: Draining Notts/Ireby Sump

Club: EPC


The Caver - NCC Journal, page 22-26 (1989)

Title: Some fairly recent dives in the Dales - Notts Pot.

Club: NCC

Author: Skorupka, R.


CDG Newsletter, number 94, page 18 (Jan 1990)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 96, page 22 (July 1990)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 92, page 7 (Feb/Mar 1990)

Title: Notts II

Club: NPC


CDG Newsletter, number 101, page 15 (Oct 1991)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 125, page 10 (Aug/Sept 1995)

Title: Far downstream Notts

Club: CDG


Descent, number 124, page 37 (June/July 1995)

Title: Disappointed at Notts

Club: CDG

Author: Rupert Skorupka


Descent, number 124, page 16 (June/July 1995)

Title: Diving News

Club: CDG


Descent, number 123, page 9 (April/May 1995)

Title: Diving News

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 116, page 20 (July 1995)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Caves & Caving, number 68, page 3 (Summer 1995)

Title: Notts Pot survey extended

Club: NCC/CDG


Caves & Caving, number 71, page 4 (Spring 1996)

Title: Notts 2

Club: CDG


Descent, number 130, page 11 (June/July 1996)

Title: Diving News

Club: CDG


Descent, number 128, page 17 (Feb/Mar 1996)

Title: Diving News

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 119, page 23 (April 1996)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 121, page 20 (Oct 1996)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


RRCPC Journal, number 10, page 22 (June 1997)

Title: Richard Reynolds Remembers !

Club: RRCPC

Author: Reynolds, R.


Descent, number 150, page 14 (Oct/Nov 1999)

Title: Notts on the move again

Club: CNCC

Author: Jim Sloan


Descent, number 151, page 9 (Dec/Jan 1999)

Title: Wetstone wall at Nott's pot

Club: CPC

Author: Ric Halliwell


CPC Record, number 56, page 38-39 (October 1999)

Title: Getting up north, the very slow way - Notts pot

Club: CPC

Author: Halliwell,R.


CDG Newsletter, number 144, page 10 (July 2002)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


CDG Newsletter, number 149, page 17 (Oct 2003)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: CDG


Descent, number 181, page 16 (Dec Jan 2004/5 2004)

Title: Notts Pot fatality

Club: RRCPC


Descent, number 215, page 18-22 (Aug/Sept 2010)

Title: The Three Counties Chasing a dream

Club: MMMMC

Author: Walsh, A.


Descent, number 242, page 8 (Feb 2015)

Title: New route in Notts Pot


NPC Journal 2015, page 135-136 (2015)

Title: Notts Pot

Club: NPC

Author: Goddard, A.