Caving club funds new tunnel in Reigate
Reigate has a brand new tunnel, thanks to the efforts of High Peak Geotechnical Ltd., acting on instruction from the Wealden Cave and Mine Society ...
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South Wales Caving Club celebrates 75 years
Anybody visiting Powell Street, Penwyllt, in the last 18 months would have noticed how little activity there has been, largely due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ...
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Using dental wear to estimate age at death – work on cave archaeology
Sammy Field, from the University of Southampton, visited the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society's collections as a PhD researcher to collect data for her thesis, ...
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Travels Beneath the Earth – Celebrating the UBSS Centenary
On Saturday, 9th November 2019, the University of Bristol Speleological Society brought the public facing part of their centenary year to an end with a ...
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Cannibals, caves and climate change
In 2019, The University of Bristol Spelaeological Society (UBSS), one of the oldest caving clubs in the country, celebrates 100 years of cave and archaeological ...
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Training: Cave Surveying Group Therion Training Course
The BCA Cave Surveying Group have just announced an Intermediate Therion training course. The scope of this training course is to improve the skills of ...
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News: Chaldon Quarries, Surrey – Radiocarbon Dating Results
In January 2018, we reported that the Wealden Cave and Mine Society had been awarded the opportunity to get free radiocarbon dating work performed on ...
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Subterranea Britannica: Budapest Weekend 12th and 13th May, 2018
Subterranea Britannica group enters the Kőbánya cellar system, 35 kilometres of underground quarry. Photo: Peter Burgess I was once an active member of Subterranea Britannica, ...
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Wealden Cave and Mine Society Wins Radiocarbon Dating Award
In the summer of 2017, I was made aware of a scheme to encourage community archaeological groups to submit material for radiocarbon dating. The scheme ...
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Earby Pothole Club on bikes for charity!
September 30th will see members of the Earby Pothole Club joining friends to raise money for the Preston based Specialist Mobility Rehabilation Centre (SMRC) in ...
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News: Awards and High Speed Internet at Bullpot Farm!
July 12th was a bright and sunny day on Casterton Fell Good job as it was a publicity day for Red Rose Cave & Pothole ...
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News: Generous Gift to SECRO in Memory of the late Paul Dold LRPS
Paul Dold's death last year in a diving accident in Cornwall shocked his many friends in a way only the unexpected death of someone with ...
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Recreational Caver Training – Does it Work?
When someone new to caving starts to make enquiries about how to get involved, and what is the best way to gain some experience, one ...
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Bookings for NAMHO 2017 Now Live
Bookings are now open for the National Association of Mining History Organisations (NAMHO) Conference 2017, to be based around Godstone, Surrey, UK over the weekend ...
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A big thumbs up for the BCA Recreational Training Grant
It had never really occurred to me that caving instruction could be so enjoyable and simple to arrange. In the summer of 2016, I attended ...
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Event: Gaping Gill August Winch Meet
As many cavers know, Gaping Gill is open to the public twice a year. This summer it's the Craven Pothole Club's (CPC) winch meet and anyone ...
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New Website : Northern Mine Research Society
If a society wants to thrive nowadays, it is important that they have a good website. It is by far the best way to promote ...
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Haggs Brow Cave Excavations, Lower Winskill
Haggs Brow Cave Excavations, Lower Winskill Yorkshire Dales National Park. May 2016. A personal account by Vince Simmonds. Looking down the track to Lower Winskill ...
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