Map with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk
Go to the Main Mendip Cave Registry Search Page
Loxton.
NGR: | ST 37414 55959 |
WGS84: | 51.29930, -2.89908 |
Length: | 157 m |
Depth: | 25 m |
Altitude: | 50 m |
Tags: | Cave |
Registry: | westmendip |
Discovered by mining in 1862, the cave consists of a series of chambers and connecting crawls and has two entrances. Most of the formations have long since been destroyed but the cave is an example of solutional action.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Surveys:
Loxton Cave, Harris, C.W. & Duck, J.W., 1936
Sketch Plan of Loxton Cave, Harris, C.W. & Duck, J.W., 1936
Morgans Grottoes, Morgan, A.R., 1946
Loxton, Stanton, W.I., 1948
Loxton Cave, Tucker, J.H., 1962
Search for this site in the MCRA Bibliography.
This entry was last updated: 2018-10-28 11:38:25
Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.
All database content Copyright 2025 Mendip Cave Registry and Archive.
Your use of this website is subject to the Disclaimer.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.