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Owlet Hole Mine

Stats

GradeI
Length122
Depth
Altitude152
Location53.1184 -1.5652
OS NGRSK 292 580

Feature

  • Mine
Also known as: Victoria Cavern.
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Entrance of Owlet Hole Mine

Access

block No access to this site allowed.

Locked shaft beside steep footpath linking Matlock Bath & Upperwood, on Heights of Jacob. Due to persistent lock-breaking access arrangement is currently suspended (July 2015)

References

Maddocks, C. (1957), , The Lyre No.2., pp.42-43. Survey., Orpheus Caving Club
Ford, T.D. (2001), , Mining History. Bull. P.D.M.H.S. Vol.14. No.6., pp.1-34., Peak District Mines Historical Society
Webb, D. (2001), , A Cave and Mine Conservation Audit for the Masson Hill Area. D.C.A., , Derbyshire Caving Association
Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010), , Caves of the Peak District, p. 158, DCA