Attborough Swallet
Cave in Somerset, England
Attborough Swallet | |
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Location | Red Quar, Chewton Mendip |
OS grid | ST56105181 |
Depth | 44 metres |
Length | 244 metres |
Geology | Dolomitic Conglomerate and Marl |
Registry | Mendip Cave Registry[1] |
Attborough Swallet (also known as Red Quar Swallet) is a cave in Chewton Mendip in Somerset, England.
It is unusual for a cave on the Mendip Hills in that it is formed from Dolomitic Conglomerate and Marl rather than ordinary limestone. The main part of the cave was first entered in 1992,[2] although Red Quar Swallet had been dug in the 1930s and the entrance shaft is now a concrete pipe.[3]
It takes its name from the Attborough field in which the entrance is situated. Red Quar Swallet comes from the small scale quarrying of red Triassic conglomerate.[4]
The underground stream feeding water into the sump flows into Wigmore Swallet.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Attborough Swallet". Mendip Cave Registry & Archive. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ Irwin, David John; Knibbs Anthony J. (1999). Mendip Underground: A Cavers Guide. Bat Products. ISBN 0-9536103-0-6.
- ^ Shipton, Dave (June 1998). "Attborough Swallet Progress report". Belfry Bulletin. 497: 14. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
- ^ Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-9500433-6-4.
- ^ "Attborough Swallet". Mendip Cave Registry & Archive. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
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