# Alum Pot

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Coordinates:** 54.175000, -2.345833
- **Depth:** 104 m
- **Length:** 159 m
- **Geology:** Limestone
- **Location:** Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England
- **Map Width:** 180
- **Bcra Grade:** 3
- **Grid Ref Uk:** SD 774 755
- **Photo Caption:** Two cavers are exiting from the pothole, which is about 60m deep at that point.

Alum Pot is a pothole with a large open shaft at a surface elevation of on the eastern flanks of Simon Fell, North Yorkshire, England. It connects with nearby Long Churn Cave and Diccan Pot. The pot is accessed via a 1-km private track on payment of a small fee from Selside Farm in the hamlet of Selside in Ribblesdale. Alum Pot has variously been known as Allan, Alan, Allen, Hellen and Hell'n.

![Photo of Alum Pot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Alum_Pot_-_geograph.org.uk_-_147334.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alum_Pot (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)