Go to the Main Mendip Cave Registry Search PageMap with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk
Go to the Main Mendip Cave Registry Search Page
Middle Ellick Farm, Burrington Combe.
| NGR: | ST 4927 5780 |
| WGS84: | 51.31703, -2.72930 |
| Length: | 0 m |
| Depth: | 0 m |
| Altitude: | 216 m |
| Tags: | Sink |
| Registry: | mcr-cn |
A stream, which rises from Ellick Springs (ST 4922 5731) on the north-east flank of Black Down, sinks in a large wet area of the valley floor. It was dug inconclusively by BEC circa 1956. MKHP tested the stream to Rickford Rising (4 hours) and Langford Risings (4 hours) in 1968. The stream may be the one seen in the lower reaches of Lionel's Hole.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Hydrographic Resurgences: Rickford and Langford Risings
Search for this site in the MCRA Bibliography.
This entry was last updated: 2024-03-02 14:05:08
Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.
All database content Copyright 2026 Mendip Cave Registry and Archive.
Your use of this website is subject to the Disclaimer.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.