*begin MuddyLink8 ;Cave:Poulnagollum ;Survey Name: ;Description:POLLNAGOLUM - THE MUDDY LINK ; ;Location: The County Clare ;Country:Rep of Ireland ;People - ;Date:8/7/58 ;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 ; *DATA Normal From to Bearing Length ignoreall *UNITS tape feet ;measurements all ;Page 8 ;All bearings are maaagnetic =.The bearing and distance ;shown against a given station are thise taken from the ;previous station to that given station. ;NB First column added for computing. ;Station 0 (zero) is at the entrance to Gunman's cave. ; ;0 0 1 135 28.5 Entrance to Gunman's cave 1 2 49 9 Entrance to stream tributary passage on left ; (looking down on Gunmans cave) 2 3 12 6.5 [PICTURE] The Muddy Link rises very gently here ; (and until further notice to station 10) at less ; than 5 degrees, since the roof is in the same ; bed throughout its length ; ;Page 9 ; 3 4 76 10 [PICTURE] Floor of mud and gravel 4 5 78 13 5 6 0 14 Passage goes off to the left. this passage ; continues for at least 100', with its dried ; mud floor gradually piling up towards the roof. 6 7 36 18.5 [PICTURE] 7 8 345 21 [PICTURE] 8 9 354 28.5 [PICTURE] There is here a passage to the left, of ; much the same section as the Muddy Link Passage ; at this point, but looking rather less muddy. ; It was not explored ; ;Page 10 ; 9 10 70 29.5 [PICTURE] The Muddy Link is here about to emerge ; into Branch Passage Gallery. See section of BPG ; below ;NB this last station had 1 taken off instead of 0.5 10 11 105 6 Boulder floor falling away shortly - see opposite ; [PICTURE] 11 12 54 39.5 Station on right hand wall of Branch Passage ; Gallery (looking upstream) 12 23 165 15.25 station 12 to 23 of BPG survey 1957 ; ;Page 11 ; ;"Section of Branch Passage gallery where Muddy Link Emerges" [PICTURE] ; ;Note: Diary p4 5/7/58 refers to explorations of "passage off the crawl" which ;lead for 120 ft back to the surface which was blocked. ;This entry was obscure. Location of passage not definite enough. ...rewritten ;more fully and clearly. ; *END MuddyLink8