Eastwater Cavern

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location =Priddy
depth =160m
length =2.8km
coordinates =gbmapping|ST53885062
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Eastwater Cavern (gbmapping|ST53885062) is a cave near Priddy in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It is also know as Eastwater Swallet. It was first entered in 1902 by a team led by Herbert Balch. [cite book |last=Johnson |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The History of Mendip Caving |year=1967 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbott |ASIN=B0000CNIE0 ]

The cavern was the site of a fatal accident in 1960. [cite book |last=Barrington |first=Nicholas |authorlink= |coauthors= William Stanton|title=Mendip: The complete caves |year=1977 |publisher=Cheddar Valley Press |location=Cheddar |isbn=9780950145914]

It is 2.8km in length and reaches a depth of 160m. [cite web | title=Mendip | work=UK and Ireland Cave Lengths and Depths |url=http://www.ukcaves.co.uk/tables.php?region=2&length_depth=length | accessdate=2007-01-15] Lower levels are accessed via pitches and climbs, [cite web | title= Eastwater Cavern | work=UK Caves Database |url=http://www.ukcaves.co.uk/window.php?cave=47 | accessdate=2007-01-27] including Primrose Pot, which at 56m (185ft) is one of the deepest vertical pitches on the Mendips. [cite book |last=Irwin |first=David |authorlink= |coauthors= Anthony Knibbs|title=Mendip Underground: A Cavers Guide |year=1977 |publisher=Mendip Publishing |location=Somerset |isbn=0953610306]

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See also

* Caves of the Mendip Hills