Manor Farm Swallet

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]

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Manor Farm Swallet
The entrance to Manor Farm swallet
Location	Somerset, UK
OS grid	ST 4982 5566
Coordinates	51°17′52″N 2°43′16″W / 51.297888°N 2.721039°W / 51.297888; -2.721039
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]
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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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