Flood Entrance Pot

South-East Pot was discovered and free-climbed down to a depth of 15 m in 1906 by the Yorkshire Ramblers' Club during a Winch Meet. They commented on the high aven above it, which later proved to be the last Pitch of Flood Entrance Pot. The shaft was bottomed in May of the following year. Flood Entrance Pot was first entered in 1909 by the Yorkshire Speleological Association who were motivated to look for an entrance after finding some flies and a red worm at the bottom of South-East Pot. They concluded that these must have come from the surface having descended the high aven above. It gained its name as it allowed the Gaping Gill system to be entered even when the Main Shaft was in flood.…

A climb down in the small shakehole soon leads to a tight 15 m pitch. At the bottom the passage passes beneath the aven where Wade's Entrance joins, and after a further 80 m it goes round a series of bends to where the last pitch of OBJ Hole enters. There is a chamber after a further 30 m where a small stream enters from an inlet passage. Downstream a succession of climbs and a 14 m pitch reach the main pitch of 77 m. South-East Passage in Gaping Gill may be stepped into at the -38 m level, but the shaft continues in two stages as South-East Pot to a 29 m deep pool. Above the final shaft there is a tight passage, Horrocks-Stearn Crawl, which connects to Bar Pot above its main pitch. Wade's…