*begin BranchPassage1 ;Cave:Poulnagollum ;Survey Name: ;Description:POLLNAGOLUM BRANCH PASSAGE ; ;Location: The County Clare ;Country:Rep of Ireland ;People - ;Date: ;Instrument Set: ;Calibration: ;Typed in by Simon Flower on ;Adjusted for computing by Andrew Atkinson, 2001 ;Source: UBSS 1958-I {red circled A in top right hand corner} ;The Middland Series Excercise Book ; ;From to Compass Tape Clino Notes *DATA Normal From to Bearing Length ignoreall *UNITS tape feet *Calibrate Compass +14 ;Pages 1 & 2 [NB: all bearings have a figure 14 degrees less than that written ;here along side them in pencil] ; ; ; ;All bearings (magnetic) and distances shown against a given station are those ;taken from the previous station to that given station. Station 0 is under the ;Branch Passage Waterfall. ;NB from the above the first column has been added for computing ;[5/7/58 EKT Diary p5] ; ;Most of the bearings have 14 taken off although there are some mistakes ;0 Under waterfall 0 1 340 15 Passage 3' wide, approx 6' high. Typical canyon ; passage. Boulders and stalagmite on floor 1 2 295 28 2 3 337 16 Floor rises 3' 3 4 17 17.5 10' climb up 4 5 42 9 *DATA Normal From to Bearing Length Gradient ignoreall 5 6 - 20 down 20 ladder pitch down land in water *DATA Normal From to Bearing Length ignoreall 6 7 13 11.5 water 4' deep 7 8 28 55 water 4'-5' deep and soft mud of indeterminate depth 8 9 335 12 9 10 298 5.5 water 4'-5' deep and soft mud of indeterminate depth 10 11 18 22.5 a single boulder clear of water 11 12 32 49 deep water again 12 13 354 28.5 water 2' deep 13 14 42 20.5 14 15 332 17.5 small waterfall on right 15 16 28 21 dry land 16 17 4 26.5 floor gently rising 17 18 352 25.5 " 18 19 252 11.5 " 19 20 240 10.5 " 20 21 342 13.5 " 21 22 10 14 ;NB next line is editted out for computing due to lack of distance ;22 23 267 passage blocked by boulders and stalagmite ;See Diary p13 for first + unsuccessful attempt to pass barrier EKT. See diary ;p28 for second + successful attempt to pass barrier. Diary p28 refers length of ;passage beyond second barrier as 120 ft to end. If second barrier is the barrier ;of diary p5&13, where is first barrier? ? stations 4-6 above EKT *END BranchPassage1