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Spectacles Hole Un-named Hole - 2 Christmas Hole Un-named Hole - 1 Balch Erratic Passage - 1 Balch Cave Balch Main Chamber Garlick's Rift Balch Erratic Passage - 2 Hobgoblin Hole Balch Pool Passage Duck's Pot Un-named Hole - 3 Conning Tower Cave Pixie Grotto Elf Crack W/L Cave Fairy Cave Quarry Fernhill Cave Balch Aven Chamber Clay Pit Balch Coral Grotto Gnome Rift Shatter Cave Bunny Hole New Year Hole Rumble Tumble Hole Fairy Cave Great Shaft Hillier's Cave Culdesac Pot Un-named Hole - 4 Rose's Rift Weekend Rift Blow Hole Short Life Pot Snare Hole Buddleia Hole Un-named Hole - 6 Price's Purgatory Tucking Fight Rift Hillwithy Cave Withyhill Cave Withyhill Flood Rising Quarter Way Up Hole Half Way Up Hole St. Dunstan's Well Cave St. Dunstan's Well West St. Dunstan's Well East St. Dunstan's Well North Hyatt's Hill Cave Stoke House Garden Tunnel Frog Lane Dig
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Fairy Cave Quarry, Stoke St.Michael.
| NGR: | ST 6574 4763 |
| WGS84: | 51.22682, -2.49201 |
| Length: | 76 m |
| Depth: | 31 m |
| Altitude: | 183 m |
| Tags: | Cave, Lost |
| Registry: | mcr-en |
A 30m pitch to a short streamway, sumped at both ends. Upstream, a bypass yielded a roomy chamber and another sump. There were several roomy avens, one of which is believed to have been Spectacles Hole. The stream is believed to be a continuation of Balch Cave stream series (Conning Tower Cave). Discovered by quarrying, in 1963, it was named after the quarry foreman. The upper section has since been destroyed, with the remainder blocked.
Alternate Names: Fairy Cave 8, Easter Hole, Tupman's Hole
Notes: Discovered by quarrying, April 1963. Partially destroyed and blocked.
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