| St Cuthbert's Swallet | |
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| Location | Priddy |
| OS grid | ST 543 505 |
| Depth | 145 metres (476 ft) |
| Length | 6.7 kilometres (4 mi) |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Access | Bristol Exploration Club |
| Cave survey | Geological Conservation Review/Bristol Exploration Club |
| Registry | Mendip Cave Registry[1] |
St Cuthbert's Swallet is the second longest, and most complex, cave on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It forms a major part of the Priddy Caves system and water entering this swallet re-emerges at Wookey Hole.[2] St Cuthbert's Swallet is part of, and lies underneath, the Priddy Pools Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3]
It is named because of its location in the St Cuthbert Out parish of Wells, and was originally called St Cuthbert's Pot.[4]
- ^ "St Cuthbert's Swallet". Mendip Cave Registry & Archive. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
- ^ Irwin, David John; Knibbs, Anthony J. (1999). Mendip Underground: A Cavers Guide. Bat Products. ISBN 0-9536103-0-6. – which also contains a detailed description of the cave.
- ^ "Priddy Pools" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 17 July 2006. In the citation this is given as St Cuthbert's Cave, which should not be confused with St Cuthbert's Cave in Northumberland.
- ^ Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-9500433-6-4.