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Sidcot Swallet

West Twin Brook valley, Burrington Combe.

NGR:ST 4755 5829
WGS84:51.32128, -2.75405
Length:206 m
Depth:28 m
Altitude:149 m
Classes:cave
Registry:mcr-cn

Tight descending passages lead to Purgatory and Heaven Series. In the latter, two chambers are reached and a 10m descent via two chimneys leads to Paradise and two very small chambers Garden of Eden and Waterfall Grotto.

Alternate Names: Boyd Dawkins' Cave

Surveys:
Sidcot Swallet, Stride brothers, 1944
Sidcot Swallet, Stride, R.D., 1944
The Water Chamber, Drop and Paradise, Askins, M.R., 1947

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