0429: shaft
N Vega 30T 449810 4796011 (Datum: ETRS89. Accuracy code: G) Altitude 267m
Length 35m Depth 22m
Area position : Site entrance in context : Logbook search

Updated 14th June, 29th September 2008; 25th April 2012; 7th, 20th January 2024

[The original description: A 5m climb down under a boulder to a calcite chamber with no draught belongs to another site, possibly #0428, which needs checking out.]
   The site at this grid reference - a large open shaft in the trees to the west of the meadow - is a 9m pitch down over leafy ledges to a bouldery floor. A much narrower, enlarged pitch drops from this point for about 6m. It splits and both routes close down. There is a faint draught up an alcove at the base of the first pitch.
   The site was re-explored and surveyed for 35m on Christmas Day, 2023. The only prospect is a fairly big capping job along the tiny rift at the bottom of the entrance pitch.

References: anon., 1983b (logbook); anon., 2008d (Whit logbook); anon., 2008e (summer logbook); anon., 2012b (Easter logbook); anon., 2023e (Christmas logbook); anon., 2024a (January, February logbook)
Entrance pictures : yes
Underground pictures: 2008; 2023
Detailed Survey : in hand
Line Survey :
On area survey :
Survex file : 2023

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