The entrance to St Cuthbert's Swallet is incorporated in the adjacent Priddy Pools SSSI. The Priddy Caves System contains about 16 km of surveyed cave passages divided between a number of major and minor networks. All the caves are sink hole systems, fed by sink holes at the ground surface. In all the caves, the detailed disposition and form of the passages can be seen clearly to have followed marked lines of natural weakness in the rocks.
The three largest networks, Swildon's Hole, St Cuthbert's Swallet and Eastwater Cavern exceed 100 metres in depth. Swildon's Hole is a world-famous example of a shallow depth phreatic cave, which shows a very well developed dendritic pattern of drainage and contains extensive clastic and stalagmite fills. Hunter's Hole is an excellent example of a shaft complex draining a closed depression. This cave differs from the others at Priddy in apparently not having formed as a stream swallet. Cave sediments found within the systems, together with the information which can be deduced from the physical form of the caves, provide geologists with the means to obtain a better understanding of the geological evolution of southern Britain during the ice ages.[1]
Referencesedit
^"Priddy Caves" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 17 July 2006.
External linksedit
Priddy Caves in GCR database
Bristol Exploration Club
January 01, 1970
priddy, caves, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2021, learn,. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Priddy Caves news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Priddy Caves grid reference ST540505 is an Area 67 6 hectare 167 0 acre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Priddy in the Mendip Hills Somerset notified in 1965 Priddy CavesSite of Special Scientific InterestLocation within SomersetLocationSomersetGrid referenceST540505Coordinates51 15 06 N 2 39 38 W 51 2518 N 2 6605 W 51 2518 2 6605InterestGeologicalArea67 6 hectares 0 676 km2 0 261 sq mi Notification1965 1965 Natural England website The entrance to St Cuthbert s Swallet is incorporated in the adjacent Priddy Pools SSSI The Priddy Caves System contains about 16 km of surveyed cave passages divided between a number of major and minor networks All the caves are sink hole systems fed by sink holes at the ground surface In all the caves the detailed disposition and form of the passages can be seen clearly to have followed marked lines of natural weakness in the rocks The three largest networks Swildon s Hole St Cuthbert s Swallet and Eastwater Cavern exceed 100 metres in depth Swildon s Hole is a world famous example of a shallow depth phreatic cave which shows a very well developed dendritic pattern of drainage and contains extensive clastic and stalagmite fills Hunter s Hole is an excellent example of a shaft complex draining a closed depression This cave differs from the others at Priddy in apparently not having formed as a stream swallet Cave sediments found within the systems together with the information which can be deduced from the physical form of the caves provide geologists with the means to obtain a better understanding of the geological evolution of southern Britain during the ice ages 1 References edit Priddy Caves PDF English Nature Retrieved 17 July 2006 External links editPriddy Caves in GCR database Bristol Exploration Club Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Priddy Caves amp oldid 1082184890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
