Yorkhouse Cave

Brockley Combe, Broadfield Down.

NGR:	ST 47725 66636
WGS84:	51.39634, -2.75277
Length:	9 m
Depth:	0 m
Altitude:	105 m
Tags:	Cave
Registry:	mcr-n

The cave is entered via what looks like a substantial doorway which opens into a square chamber (about 5m high); in the centre of the roof is an small opening to daylight. At the end of the square chamber a 1m high extension 4m long is entered.

Alternate Names: York House Cave

Notes: The Sidcot School Log Book No. 3 Pages 17 and 18 documented a visit by Willy Stanton on 9 June 1945 and he stated that according to Rutter a hermit used to inhabit the cave.

Surveys:
Yorkhouse Cave, Brockley Combe, Stanton, W.I., 1946

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This entry was last updated: 2024-03-02 14:13:41

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