Manor Farm Swallet

Manor Farm Swallet
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
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

"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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[1] "Manor Farm Swallet". Mendip Cave Registry & Archive. Retrieved 2012-03-30.

[2] M.G.Norton (1969). "History of the dig at Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip". UBSS Proceedings. UBSS. 12 (1): 83–88.

[3] 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.