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Hywel's Hole

Gibbets Brow, West Harptree.

NGR:ST 5446 5494
WGS84:51.29176, -2.65447
Length:6 m
Depth:5 m
Altitude:241 m
Tags:Dig, Lost
Registry:mcr-cs

Short choked shaft.

Alternate Names: Hywel's Cave

Notes: Dug open by WCC in 1966. It is not clear if this is the original Hywel's Hole, dug by WCC in 1934, which might have been the choked swallet in the valley below. See also Lamb Bottom Caves and Garrow Caves.

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