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Higher Headlands Quarry Cave

The Grove, Portland.

NGR:SY 6962 7243
WGS84:50.55084, -2.43017
Length:15 m
Depth:0 m
Altitude:Not recorded
Tags:Cave
Registry:mcr-d

Phreatic relic. Obscure entrance in old quarry may be buried in rubbish. Awkward crawls relieved by small cross-joints.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Karst cave

Hydrographic Feeds: Long-lost to erosion of catchment. Some evidence of river valleys to E & W of Portland.

Hydrographic Resurgences: Unknown.

Surveys:
Higher Headlands Quarry Cave, E. Waters, W. Brown , 1991

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This entry was last updated: 2020-05-01 19:56:06

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