Manor Farm Swallet
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| Manor Farm Swallet | |
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The entrance to Manor Farm swallet
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| Location | Somerset, UK |
| OS grid | ST 4982 5566 |
| Coordinates | 51°17′52″N 2°43′16″W / 51.297888°N 2.721039°WCoordinates: 51°17′52″N 2°43′16″W / 51.297888°N 2.721039°W |
| Depth | 179 metres (587 ft) |
| Length | 1,107 metres (3,632 ft) |
| Elevation | 233 metres (764 ft) |
| Discovery | 1972 |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Access | Public |
| BRAC grade | 2 |
| Registry | Mendip Cave Registry[1] |
Manor Farm Swallet is a cave in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England which was subject to numerous failed digging attempts between 1947 and 1973 as the surface shafts kept collapsing. [2] In 1973 access to the cave was gained by an artificial shaft and walling it against collapse.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Manor Farm Swallet". Mendip Cave Registry & Archive. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ^ M.G.Norton (1969). "History of the dig at Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip". UBSS Proceedings. UBSS. 12 (1): 83–88.
- ^ Smart, P.L; Stanton, W.I. (1974). "Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Somerset: An Account and Geomorphology". UBSS Proceedings. UBSS. 13 (3): 391–402.
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