Manor Farm Swallet

{{Short description|Cave in Somerset, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cave

| name = Manor Farm Swallet

| photo = Entrance to Manor Farm swallet - geograph.org.uk - 1236454.jpg

| photo_caption = The entrance to Manor Farm swallet

| location = Somerset, UK

| depth = {{convert|179|m}}

| length = {{convert|1107|m}}

| elevation = {{convert|233|m}}

| survey =

| discovery = 1972

| geology = Limestone

| bcra_grade = 2

| hazards =

| access = Public

| translation =

| language =

| grid_ref_UK = ST 4982 5566

| registry = Mendip Cave Registry{{cite mcra |id=183 |name=Manor Farm Swallet |accessdate=2012-03-30}}

| map = Somerset

| map_width =

| coordinates = {{coord|51.297888|N|2.721039|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

}}

Manor Farm Swallet is a cave in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England which was subject to numerous failed digging attempts between 1947 and 1973 as the surface shafts kept collapsing.

{{cite journal|author=M.G.Norton|title=History of the dig at Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip|year=1969|publisher=UBSS|journal=UBSS Proceedings|volume=12 | issue = 1 |pages=83–88|url=http://www.ubss.org.uk/search_literature_browse.php?ArticleId=389&ArticleName=History+of+the+dig+at+Manor+Farm+Swallet%2C+Charterhouse-on-Mendip

}} In 1973 access to the cave was gained by an artificial shaft and walling it against collapse.{{cite journal|first1=P.L|last1=Smart|first2=W.I. |last2=Stanton|title=Manor Farm Swallet, Charterhouse-on-Mendip, Somerset: An Account and Geomorphology|year=1974|publisher=UBSS|journal=UBSS Proceedings|volume=13 | issue = 3 |pages=391–402|url=http://www.ubss.org.uk/search_literature_browse.php?ArticleId=438&ArticleName=Manor+Farm+Swallet%2C+Charterhouse-on-Mendip%2C+Somerset%3A+An+Account+and+Geomorphology}}

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