It is 1.65 km in length and reaches a depth of 175m.[2]
The cave was discovered in September 1944 by boys from Sidcot School.[3]
The picture shown is not the Longwood Swallet, it is Longwood Valley Sink. Longwood Swallet's entrance is a lidded concrete block construction. A (non-free) picture of Longwood Swallet entrance is available here
The cave is locked and access is controlled by the Charterhouse Caving Company. There is a warning sign posted at the entrance to the cave about flooding. This has always been a problem, but is more pronounced due to the extraction of water from the spring at Charterhouse. When the pumps owned by Bristol Water stop this can cause a flood wave to travel down the stream and into the cave.[4]
longwood, swallet, cave, near, charterhouse, carboniferous, limestone, mendip, hills, somerset, england, cave, part, cheddar, complex, sssi, connected, august, hole, locationcharterhouse, somerset, ukos, gridst48615571coordinates51, 298229, 7384, 298229, 7384,. The Longwood Swallet is a cave near Charterhouse in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills in Somerset England The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI and is connected to August Hole Longwood SwalletLocationCharterhouse Somerset UKOS gridST48615571Coordinates51 17 54 N 2 44 18 W 51 298229 N 2 7384 W 51 298229 2 7384 Coordinates 51 17 54 N 2 44 18 W 51 298229 N 2 7384 W 51 298229 2 7384Depth175 metres 574 ft Length1 65 kilometres 1 03 mi Elevation213 metres 699 ft Discovery1944GeologyLimestoneEntrances1HazardsFrequent floodingAccessRestrictedCave surveyGeological Conservation Review UBSSRegistryMendip Cave Registry 1 It is 1 65 km in length and reaches a depth of 175m 2 The cave was discovered in September 1944 by boys from Sidcot School 3 The picture shown is not the Longwood Swallet it is Longwood Valley Sink Longwood Swallet s entrance is a lidded concrete block construction A non free picture of Longwood Swallet entrance is available hereThe cave is locked and access is controlled by the Charterhouse Caving Company There is a warning sign posted at the entrance to the cave about flooding This has always been a problem but is more pronounced due to the extraction of water from the spring at Charterhouse When the pumps owned by Bristol Water stop this can cause a flood wave to travel down the stream and into the cave 4 See also EditCaves of the Mendip HillsReferences Edit Longwood Swallet Mendip Cave Registry amp Archive Retrieved 30 March 2012 Mendip UK and Ireland Cave Lengths and Depths Retrieved 18 February 2007 Johnson Peter 1967 The History of Mendip Caving Newton Abbot David amp Charles Charterhouse Area Council of Southern Caving Clubs Archived from the original on 14 August 2007 Retrieved 18 February 2007 This Somerset location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Longwood Swallet amp oldid 1113858502, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
