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Rock End, Cheddar Gorge.
| NGR: | ST 4668 5388 |
| WGS84: | 51.28155, -2.76588 |
| Length: | 154 m |
| Depth: | 27 m |
| Altitude: | 40 m |
| Tags: | Cave, Archaeo |
| Registry: | mcr-cs |
Gated rift entrance leads to small chamber and easterly rift gives access to Concert Chamber (1877) and two further small chambers discovered 1887. Entrance rift and chamber shown to public long before Gough became involved in 1877.
Alternate Names: Great Stalactite Cavern, Gough's New Great Stalactite Cavern
Surveys:
Plan of Gough's Old Cave ..., Irwin, D.J., 1986
Caves of Cheddar Gorge, Stanton, W.I., 1965
The Cheddar Caves, Stanton, W.I., 1952
Gough's Old Cave, Atkinson, A., 2015
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