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Tyning's Barrow Swallet

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Location
  
Cheddar

Access
  
locked

Geology
  
Limestone

Depth
  
132 m (433 ft)

Length
  
1,290 m

Cave survey
  
1. Bracknell CC (overlaid on map) 2. Mendip Cave Registry and Archive

Tyning's Barrow Swallet (grid reference ST47135638) is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is close to GB Cave and also to Charterhouse Cave, the deepest cave in the region.

Tyning's Barrow Swallet is 1.29 km (4,200 ft) in length and reaches a depth of 132 m (433 ft).

Access

The entrance is kept locked, and the key is available from the nearby farmhouse on payment of small goodwill fee.

References

Tyning's Barrow Swallet Wikipedia