Trip to High Pasture Cave -- 18th Apr 2006

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Trip to High Pasture Cave -- 18th Apr 2006

Group: Dennis, Paul, Roger, Dave

Some of the group were holidaying on Skye and knowing that there was limestone there we took our caving gear. Dave took his copy of 'The caves of Skye' and we selected High Pasture Cave as it was reasonably roomy and had the added interest of an archaeological dig nearby. We parked up at the side of the road and wandered up in the approximate direction of the cave. Roger noticed he had forgotten something and went back to the car while the others pushed on and found the fenced off area with the dig & cave. After 5 minutes there was no sign of Roger and so Dave wandered to to look for him - he was well off route, but it didn't take to too long for him to join us. A couple of the archaeologists appeared and we had a chat and looked at the various surface digs in progress. After that it was open the hatch and climb down the entrance passage. Roger decided he would wait a bit before joining us.

The passage was about 4-5' high and contained the stream which entered below the entrance boulders. There were some nice formations in this section and care needed to a taken. There was a rather obtrusive pair of blue water pipes down the side which carried cables for lighting - we guess these will be removed once the dig is complete.

Further on the passage on the RHS contained the archaeological dig while ahead lay a junction with a dry side passage and a shallow pool directly ahead. This was the way on and involved getting wet. There was about 6" airspace and so it wasn't not too arduous.

The passageway opened out and it was possible to sit down and empty wellies.

Further on another side passage was encountered containing more pretty deposits and after this the streamway was followed to a small waterfall and a high level passage followed to the end chamber.

We then headed back via the water pool and met Roger who had looked at the water and decided to stay dry. We worked our way back and looked at the side passage with the archaeological dig - this connects to the surface and daylight is reflected of the floor at the end.

A quick pull up the entrance passage had us back in the sunlight. This was an excellent short trip with lots of interest and some nice formations which are still in excellent condition.