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Fairy Cave Quarry, Stoke St.Michael.
| NGR: | ST 6562 4756 |
| WGS84: | 51.22619, -2.49372 |
| Length: | 46 m |
| Depth: | 37 m |
| Altitude: | 183 m |
| Tags: | Cave |
| Registry: | mcr-en |
A huge, steeply-inclined 5m diameter shaft, 37m deep and blocked with boulders below quarry floor level. Extending upwards to within 3m of the surface it was completely destroyed within a few days of its discovery.
Alternate Names: Fairy Cave 13
Notes: Discovered by quarrying, January 1968. Destroyed.
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