Manor Farm Swallet

Manor Farm Swallet
The entrance to Manor Farm swallet
Map showing the location of Manor Farm Swallet
Map showing the location of Manor Farm Swallet
LocationSomerset, UK
OS gridST 4982 5566
Coordinates51°17′52″N 2°43′16″W / 51.297888°N 2.721039°W / 51.297888; -2.721039
Depth179 metres (587 ft)
Length1,107 metres (3,632 ft)
Elevation233 metres (764 ft)
Discovery1972
GeologyLimestone
AccessPublic
BRAC grade2
RegistryMendip 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

  1. ^ "Manor Farm Swallet". Mendip Cave Registry & Archive. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  2. ^ M.G.Norton (1969). "History of the dig at Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip". UBSS Proceedings. 12 (1). UBSS: 83–88.
  3. ^ Smart, P.L; Stanton, W.I. (1974). "Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Somerset: An Account and Geomorphology". UBSS Proceedings. 13 (3). UBSS: 391–402.


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