Murton Cave

Moorland Caver (2003)

NGR: SE 592883
Altitude: 230m
Length: 42m
Grade: II
Entertainment Value: II

This is a traditional climbers route down to the bottom of Peak Scar.
The entrance it self is 4m up from the bottom and runs sub-parallel to the cliff. A short climb up and 3m down drops into a lower rift which is choked
in one direction and too tight at the other, climbing up into boulders at the same level as the entrance is a short bit ending in a blank wall.
Further up, various high level routes exist eventually exiting at the top of the cliff.

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BCRA Transactions – Vol.3 No.2 – The North Yorkshire Windypits (1976)
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Pennine Underground (1965)
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Northern Caves Volume 5 (1974)
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