| Thrupe Lane Swallet | |
|---|---|
| Location | Croscombe |
| Depth | 120 metres |
| Length | 1417 metres |
| Coordinates | grid reference ST603458 |
| Geology | Limestone |
Thrupe Lane Swallet (grid reference ST603458) is a 0. Croscombe is a village and Civil parish west of Shepton Mallet and from Wells, in the Mendip district of Somerset, A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude 5 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1992. Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a Conservation designation denoting a Protected area in the United Kingdom. It is a Geological Conservation Review site. The Geological Conservation Review (GCR is produced by the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance
A Swallet, also known as a sinkhole, sink, shakehole, swallow hole, or doline is a natural depression or hole in the surface topography caused by the removal of soil or bedrock, often both, by water flowing beneath the water-table at considerable depth. A sinkhole, also known as a sink, shake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline or Cenote, is a natural depression
Thrupe Lane Swallet is a small, single pothole cave system that is dominated by a series of deep (117m) and mainly vertical passages, which follow fault lines, natural joints in the rock and mineral veins. [1] It shows a form of cave development not seen elsewhere in the Mendips.
References
- ^ Thrupe Lane Swallet. English Nature. Retrieved on 2007-01-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher.
See also
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)
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