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Garlick's Rift

Fairy Cave Quarry, Stoke St.Michael.

NGR:ST 6576 4766
WGS84:51.22710, -2.49173
Length:18 m
Depth:14 m
Altitude:183 m
Tags:Cave, Lost
Registry:mcr-en

A steeply-descending, decorated rift which was named after the quarry manager Ted Garlick, and ended in a choke, with the sound of a stream beyond.

Alternate Names: Fairy Cave 5

Notes: Broken into by quarrying, July 1961. Destroyed.

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