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Whopper Cave

Batts Combe Quarry, Cheddar.

NGR:ST 45991 55539
WGS84:51.29640, -2.77601
Length:120 m
Depth:31 m
Altitude:240 m
Tags:Cave, Lost
Registry:mcr-cs

Large chamber broken into by hole in roof, 4 May 1980 under floor of quarry. Chamber approx. 6 - 10m wide, 30m long and 26m high.

Alternate Names: None recorded.

Notes: EKT files note that in 1976 that a large filled cave 100m long, 30m wide and 30+m high across working face of quarry.

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