1958 book II Pollnagollum (Slieve Elva) Main Streamway from Gunman's Cave to Maypole in Branch Passage Station Distance (feet and decimals of feet) Bearing Clinometer 1 24.3 149 -10 prime survey point in old survey station no 6, just below chock stone leading to gunman's cave on left hand wall. This we called station 0. Survey down stream 2 19.2 162 -9 3 24 248 -5 4 25.6 174 -9 5 12.75 236 -8 6 24.6 163 -4 7 17.8 276 -10 8 28.3 188 -10 9 14.6 103 0 dry branch comes off from right 10 14.7 193 0 11 31.6 175 -8 dry passage goes off right to ladder pitch to main cave 12 4.9 284 0 just across passage 13 30.4 175 0 in main cave 14 21.1 270 -28 dropped down to streamway 15 14 200 4 16 13.6 280 -8 (clinometer stops) 17 9.8 211 18 14.5 168 19 16.2 208 20 33.2 126 21 14.3 167 22 14 167 23 17.9 192 24 13 236 25 12.3 147 26 7.6 125 tape altered 17 21.4 202 28 25.7 267 29 8.6 211 30 18 165 31 19.3 183 32 17.3 139 33 32.5 180 34 9.8 231 35 17.2 224 36 4.25 178 37 33.1 91 38 15.75 121 39 11 111 40 29.5 212 41 24 272 42 7.5 264 43 18.2 153 44 22 102 45 6.5 74 46 11.5 207 47 6.25 210 48 23 141 opposite waterfall (first) 49 15.75 63 50 5.5 193 51 24.4 228 52 8.75 163 53 20.25 80 54 12.1 83 55 17.7 157 56 12 182 57 13.5 268 58 17.5 188 59 38.5 97 60 8 154 61 27.5 239 62 10.25 140 63 26.75 94 64 15.6 132 65 10.1 216 66 35.75 224 chock stone 67 17 119 68 33.8 221 69 9.2 188 70 21.5 275 71 33.5 227 72 16.75 283 73 24.2 164 meander crosses above at right angles 74 8.2 221 75 17.1 301 76 13.5 256 77 13.1 177 78 15.1 212 79 19 147 80 10.9 141 81 51.4 259 stalagtites 82 35.5 161 upper meander joins us 83 21.9 118 84 45 242 85 21.2 161 86 20.8 217 87 36.75 118 88 68.25 233 joined by meander 89 30 334 90 31.5 211 91 30 148 92 21.3 211 boulder in stream 93 20 138 94 37.4 277 95 25.5 350 96 36.25 211 97 30.25 182 98 23.7 131 99 48.25 231 100 37.25 192 101 24.25 123 102 42.2 222 103 34.5 140 104 20.5 103 105 26 201 Survey from maypole chamber in branch passage down stream station distance in feet bearing 1 58.75 194 2 37.25 178 3 31.5 168 4 23 200 5 17.75 165 6 39.75 199 7 37 168 8 11 127 9 24.75 49 dropped 2 feet 10 58.5 182 11 43.25 234 12 18 175 13 27.5 251 14 35.3 149 15 57.5 256 distance cotrrected in pencil to 57.75 16 21.8 197 opposite main upstream passage at main station, lowdown in undercut, about 2 ft above water level 17 45.75 303 18 100 17 19 33.25 9 20 35 328 21 20.25 347 head level 22 51.75 15 tape raised 5 ft vertically for next leg (22-23) 23 26.25 340 24 21.75 287 10 ft above stream 25 26 4 26 36.7 242 27 18.75 342 28 22.5 24 29 28.25 295 30 31.8 42 31 54.25 336 32 54.3 359 33 59.25 287 34 20.5 56 35 23.8 94 36 57.5 354 37 26 105 38 46 353 39 45.5 342 40 84.5 307 41 38 8 Aven heavy drip with calcite flow on right coming from aven 42 37.25 314 43 43 69 44 42.5 310 45 25.1 55 46 40.75 315 47 24.5 88 bone 48 8.5 169 48 is identical with 105 from the previous survey of 5/7/58 Survey of main stream passage from main junction to high + low road prime survey point was station 16 of survey 7/7/58 going downstream station distance bearing 1 17 311 2 40.75 191 3 76.3 228 4 24.2 184 5 22.5 209 from 5 drop 2.5 ft for next reading 6 57 195 7 16.2 153 8 51.5 223 9 23.4 153 10 36 238 11 40.8 206 12 24.5 256 between 12 and 13 a pool uncomfortably deep 13 40 205 14 15.7 256 15 27 216 from 15 - 16 come up from stream level 16 17.6 176 17 14.8 135 between 17 - 18 drop 2 ft 18 25.25 202 19 16.3 240 20 38.8 182 21 16.8 142 22 37.5 220 22 in left hand ox boe 23 3 no bearing data - opp 22 on left hand wall 24 71.5 202 23-24 is in natural n-s joint 25 3.9 298 24-25 is just across rift 26 8.7 195 26 is in streamway 27 71.7 212 28 85.8 199 29 13.8 118 30 21.75 182 31 51.4 160 32 15.25 193 33 24.5 142 34 40.5 163 35 25.2 144 36 15 150 36-37 is thigh deep in water 37 24.75 114 38 32.25 156 39 13 163 40 15.6 206 41 22 165 42 69.3 144 43 89 148 44 11.4 205 45 31.5 257 46 17.3 144 Between 46-47 a left hand undercutting meander cuts its way into the passage formed by the high and low roads. This thereafter becomes the main streamway. 47 33.5 193 A minute stream, only, appears to follow original main streamway at 47, and the mud slope up to 48 & 49 in the chocked upper canyon of the original main streamway. 48 23.1 171 Up mud passage. 49 34.8 189 Getting low. Beyond 49 the passage continues for about 30 ft before closing down (mud floor rises); signs of digging - ineffictive/half hearted. 48-50 7.75 203 See diagram in book page 30. 50-51 24.8 36 51 in a hole at roof level with mud floor, about 4 ft high, upper part phratic, but mostly vadose: origin obscure. Drop of 12 ft to streamway. High road survey from north to south station distance beaering 1 48 230 Prime survey point stalagmite on right hand wall just short of treminal stalagmite barrier. 2 22.9 208 3 22.75 195 4 29 225 5 11.1 254 6 35.75 182 7 37 202 8 19.1 218 9 32.5 184 10 24.4 214 11 36 193 12 17 235 13 58.25 191 14 20.25 160 15 54 203 16 47.5 172 17 45 200 18 16.25 152 19 40.25 216 20 21 162 21 27.8 197 22 18.75 148 23 31.75 209 24 45.6 165 25 93 194 26 57.4 175 27 13 138 28 28.5 175 29 10.7 203 30 12 160 31 22.9 196 32 11.4 238 33 39.4 182 34 12.3 186 35 20.25 131 36 26.6 175 37 33.7 151 38 24.7 193 39 8.5 138 40 18.8 198 41 35.75 178 42 29.75 173 43 19.4 235 44 12.7 182 45 39.3 209 45 = 47 on downstream survey