Eldon Hole is a
vertical chasm on the side of Eldon Hill near Sparrowpit. The hole is around
sixty meters deep, then leads on to a further cavern.
It was once
considered to be 'bottomless'. Local legend had it that a goose once fell into
the hole, and emerged from a cave in Castleton, with its feathers scorched! The first serious decent was in1780, by a Mr
Lloyd, who was lowered to the bottom on the end of a rope.
It is still, with
modern equipment, a dangerous descent. A number of videos, taken by cavers, can
be viewed on YouTube.
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