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Chelm's Combe Quarry Cave (Original)

Chelm's Combe Quarry, Cheddar.

NGR:ST 4627 5436
WGS84:51.28583, -2.77183
Length:101 m
Depth:25 m
Altitude:96 m
Tags:Lost
Registry:mcr-cs

Entrance via 11m deep shaft leading to three chambers. Subsequent quarrying operations discovered several more sections.

Alternate Names: Chelm's Combe Cave

Notes: Very important triassic stream scalloping of the limestone exists at the site, exposed by quarrying [protected features].

cf Reynold's Rift and Box Cave

Surveys:
Chelms Combe Cave, Chapman, E.J., Hunt, J., 1954
Chelms Combe Quarry Cave, Tonkin, G., 1954

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