Sunday, October 16, 2011

Ancient Cave System found in Halton

There was much excitement at Forge Bank last week, as the Lancaster Cohousing construction team broke through to what appears to be an ancient cave system. Initial exploration has revealed a mixture of what appears to be a series of small chambers interconnected with man made tunnels. Already some crude cave paintings have been discovered depicting scenes of stick men hunting bison like animals.

In order for work to continue on site the entrance has been stabilised by the construction team as can be seen in the photo below. A lockable gate is due to be fitted early next week to prevent animals and members of the public form entering.




Steve Wrigley, one of the Cohousing members and a keen potholer, is hoping to survey the cave system over the winter months. He is interested in hearing from local people with surveying expertise who would like to assist with this work. Caving experience is not essential, but the work will involve crawling through very wet and tight passages.


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4 comments:

  1. JonOctober 16, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    I think you might need to use children for this work. I am sorry - when we amended the specification of the tunnels however many millennia ago, so that they only measure 600mm in diameter, we did not think of the needs of 21st century potholers. On the plus side it does mean that there is space in the street to provide a range of 21st century services including mains water, electricity, telephone, television and even sewage (no composting toilets - the fans use too much electricity!)

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  2. Dawn KeyseOctober 17, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    Steve you are a very naughty boy. While the Project Manager is away the teasers will play. Now I've got to send round again to all my friends cancelling my last announcement. You wait!

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  3. StephenOctober 17, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    Any Publicity is good publicity!

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  4. FionaOctober 17, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    what about trained cats?

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