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Manor Farm, Charterhouse-on-Mendip.
| NGR: | ST 49783 55634 |
| WGS84: | 51.29761, -2.72164 |
| Length: | 1150 m |
| Depth: | 179 m |
| Altitude: | 233 m |
| Tags: | Cave, CROW |
| Registry: | mcr-cs |
Fifty foot shaft leads to excavated passage opening into large Curtain Chamber. Climb down to streamway at end of which ascent into NHASA Gallery leading to terminal choke and aven. Choke has now been passed to 3 chambers and final static sump.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: Artificial entrance shaft dug by UBSS. Main cave first entered by NASA in 1974. Fleet Street discovered by Bracknell & Dist. CC, Feb/March 1980; 1980 - Sarum Inlet extended by WCC and Magic Roundabout discovered by BEC. Extended to current depth by The Fat Belly Boyes in 2009/10
Hydrographic Resurgences: Cheddar Risings
Surveys:
Manor Farm Swallet, Stanton, W.I., 1974
Fleet Street, Manor Farm Swallet, Smart, P.L., 1980
Manor Farm Swallet, Mullan, G.J., 1999
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