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White Scar Caves

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White Scar Caves
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White Scar Caves is a show cave in the civil parish of Ingleton, North Yorkshire, England, under Ingleborough in the Chapel-le-Dale valley of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is a solutional resurgence cave formed in Carboniferous limestone, some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long.

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It was first explored in August 1923 by two amateur geologists, Christopher Long[1][2] and J.H. Churchill, but there have been further discoveries since then, including "The Battlefield", one of the largest known cave chambers in Great Britain at 90 metres (300 ft) long.[3] Originally accessed through a vertical boulder choke, an access tunnel has been cut to include it on the visitor trail.

The system is open as a show cave. The entrance is from the Ribblehead to Ingleton road on the west of Ingleborough; tours are run throughout the year. The visitor facilities include a shop and café.

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