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Sally's Rift

Gully Wood/Sally in the Woods, Bathford Hill.

Sally's Rift comprises three entrances of which the middle is generally used to access a crawl and then a chimney down into the Great Rift passage. The cave is a complex network of rifts requires some exertion, climbing and a short ladder pitch.

Alternative Names: Gully Wood Cave No.3, 3A and 3B

Notes: Sally's Rift is the second-longest gull cave in the UK. Flowstone from the cave has been radiometrically dated to be in excess of 350,000 years.