Dead Mans Cave -Yorkshire Dales Traditional Cache
Dead Mans Cave -Yorkshire Dales
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The cache is hidden at an altitude of 325 metres, between Stainforth and Feizor. The tiny hamlet of Feizor is at the end of a road and parking is VERY limited so it is better to park at either Austwick, Buckhaw Brow or Stainforth. If you want a great day walking in this wonderful area, picking up several geocaches on the way, then see my Smearsett Scar cache listing for more detail.
The cave can provide good shelter in inclement weather. I have tried to find out more about it but this was all that I could discover from a report from a University Archaeological Research Group:
The cave appears to have been completely emptied but no records exist as to when or by whom. Graffiti low to the cave floor suggests that it was at some time before 1896 and it could have been one of the many caves to be explored by Joseph Jackson between 1830* and 1860. The name suggests that it might have been used as a place of burial but it is not known why or when the cave got its name.
*Apparently this was the period when Joseph Jackson began his archaeological investigations and some excavations of the Settle area Caves.
From here there is superb scenery - great views again of Penyghent, Ingleborough and also Pendle Hill.
The cache is in a shallow box situated near a gate in an Open Access area, where there are actual paths on the ground, although they are not shown on the map. These paths lead up to the cave from two public footpaths - the Feizor to Stainforth path from the North, via the Celtic Wall and from the Feizor Thwaite path to the South up a mainly grassy farm vehicle track and through the nearby gate.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Qverpgyl nurnq bs gur tngr haqre n fgbar.
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