Pierre's Pot

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

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

{{Infobox Cave

| name = Pierre's Pot

| photo = Pierre%27s_Pot_entrance.jpg

| caption = Pierre's Pot entrance

| location = Burrington Combe, Somerset, UK

| depth = {{convert|47|m}}

| length = {{convert|985|m}}

| geology = Carboniferous limestone{{cite web|last=Farrant|first=Andrew|title=Burrington Combe|url=http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mendips/localities/Burrington.html|work=Foundations of the Mendips website|publisher=Foundations of the Mendips|access-date=2 July 2013}}

| entrance_count = 1

| registry = Mendip Cave Registry{{cite mcra |id=33 |name=Pierre's Pot |accessdate=2011-11-03}}

| map = Somerset

| coordinates = {{coord|51.32201|N|2.75292|W|format=dms|}}

| grid_ref_UK = ST 47635837

| hazards = {{spaces|1|}}

| access = Free

| survey =

}}

Pierre's Pot is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.

The cave was discovered in 1983 and has two main levels, the lower level being reached through an extremely tight rift. There is an active streamway and sump which, following a {{convert|15|m|ft|abbr=on}} dive, leads to another streamway and a number of passages.{{cite book |last1=Irwin |first1=David John |last2=Knibbs |first2=Anthony J. |title=Mendip Underground: A Cavers Guide |year= 1999 |publisher=Bat Products |isbn=0-9536103-0-6 }}

The derivation of the cave's name is from one of the nicknames of Mike "Fish" Jeanmaire of the Axbridge Caving Group in the early 1960s.{{cite book|last=Witcombe|first=Richard|title=Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained|year=2009|publisher=Wessex Cave Club|location=Priddy|edition=2nd|pages=130–131|isbn=978-0-9500433-6-4}}