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This site is on National Trust CROW land. Small shaft on the vein outcropping close to the west flank of Cowlow Nick, just above the three obvious holes on the slope - the highest and largest being the original adit entrance, now backfilled and sealed, and the lower two being Longcliffe Pipes #1 and #2. Shaft excavated and top rebuilt by the TSG in late 2016, now with walkway mesh lid. Access as for Longcliffe Mine, currently locked. Long-term caver access arrangements with the landowner, the National Trust are ongoing. Contact TSG for access.
References
(2017), Son of Longcliffe - An Unexpected and Dramatic Diversion, TSG 19, pp 169-178, Technical Speleological Society
(2018), The Son of Longcliffe, Descent 261, p.34-36. Survey, Wild Places Publishing
(2019), Longcliffe Mine, Castleton, Mining History vol. 20 no. 5, pp 1-18, Peak District Mines Historical Society
Gallery
Location showing original adit entrance (top hole)
Original adit entrance, long-blocked with rubble
Shaft Entrance