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Three Counties System

Index Three Counties System

The Three Counties System is a set of inter-connected limestone solutional cave systems spanning the borders of Cumbria, Lancashire, and North Yorkshire in the north of England. [1]

27 relations: Barbon Beck, Cave diving, Cowan Bridge, Craven Fault System, Cumbria, Death's Head Hole, Dent Fault, Ease Gill Caverns, England, Ireby Fell Cavern, Kingsdale, Lancashire, Leck Fell, Limestone, List of UK caving fatalities, Long Drop Cave, Lost John's Cave, North Yorkshire, Notts Pot, Phreatic zone, Rumbling Hole, Short Drop Cave - Gavel Pot System, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Solutional cave, Stalagmite, Uranium–thorium dating, Yorkshire Ramblers' Club.

Barbon Beck

Barbon Beck is a small river in Cumbria.

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Cave diving

Cave diving is underwater diving in water-filled caves.

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Cowan Bridge

Cowan Bridge is a village in the English county of Lancashire.

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Craven Fault System

The Craven Fault System is the name applied by geologists to the group of crustal faults in the Pennines that form the southern edge of the Askrigg Block and which partly bounds the Craven Basin.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Death's Head Hole

Death's Head Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England.

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Dent Fault

The Dent Fault is a major fault on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England.

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Ease Gill Caverns

The Ease Gill Cave System is the longest, and most complex cave system in Britain, with around of passages, including connections only passable by cave diving.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Ireby Fell Cavern

Ireby Fell Cavern is a cave system on Ireby Fell, Lancashire, England, near the border with North Yorkshire.

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Kingsdale

Kingsdale is a valley on the western edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in northern England.

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Lancashire

Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.

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Leck Fell

Leck Fell is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Lancashire, England.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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List of UK caving fatalities

This is a list of recreational caving fatalities in the United Kingdom.

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Long Drop Cave

Long Drop Cave is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England.

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Lost John's Cave

Lost Johns' Cave is an extensive cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county (or shire county) and larger ceremonial county in England.

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Notts Pot

Notts Pot is cave system on Leck Fell, Lancashire, England.

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Phreatic zone

The phreatic zone, or zone of saturation, is the area in an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water.

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Rumbling Hole

Rumbling Hole is a cave on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England.

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Short Drop Cave - Gavel Pot System

Short Drop Cave and Gavel Pot are different entrances into the same cave system on Leck Fell, in Lancashire, England.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Solutional cave

A solutional cave or karst cave is a cave usually formed in the soluble rock limestone.

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Stalagmite

A stalagmite (or; from the Greek σταλαγμίτης -, from σταλαγμίας -, "dropping, trickling") is a type of rock formation that rises from the floor of a cave due to the accumulation of material deposited on the floor from ceiling drippings.

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Uranium–thorium dating

Uranium–thorium dating, also called thorium-230 dating, uranium-series disequilibrium dating or uranium-series dating, is a radiometric dating technique established in the 1960s which has been used since the 1970s to determine the age of calcium carbonate materials such as speleothem or coral.

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Yorkshire Ramblers' Club

The Yorkshire Ramblers' Club (YRC) is the second-oldest mountaineering club in England, the oldest being the Alpine Club.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Counties_System

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