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Conning Tower Cave

Fairy Cave Quarry, Stoke St.Michael.

NGR:ST 6574 4757
WGS84:51.22629, -2.49201
Length:73 m
Depth:14 m
Altitude:167 m
Tags:Cave
Registry:mcr-en

Bouldery crawls lead to a narrow streamway with sumps. This is the remains of Balch Cave Lower streamway. CSS dye tested connections with Withybrook Slocker (2 hours) and Saint Dunstan's Well West (1.5 hours) in 1975.

Alternate Names: Fairy Cave 10

Notes: Reopened August 1967 by quarrying. Floods to roof in extreme conditions.

Hydrographic Feeds: Withybrook Slocker (CSS 1975 - 2 hours)

Hydrographic Resurgences: St.Dunstan's Well West (CSS 1975 - 1.5 hours)

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