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Red Quar, Chewton Mendip.
| NGR: | ST 56098 51804 |
| WGS84: | 51.26369, -2.63060 |
| Length: | 244 m |
| Depth: | 46 m |
| Altitude: | 253 m |
| Tags: | Cave |
| Registry: | mcr-cs |
Cave in Dolomitic Conglomerate and Marl with extensive upper series including Happy Mondays leading to large Cotham Hall and lower Watery Rift with terminal sump. Stream feeding sump flows to Wigmore Swallet.
Alternate Names: Red Quar Swallet
Notes: Dug by WCC, MNRC & SVCC between 1956 & 1966. Cave opened 1992 by CCG. Worked continued by CCG and BEC, 1993
Hydrographic Feeds: Unknown
Surveys:
[Attborough Swallet], Allen, Paul [?], 1966
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