Stoke Lane Slocker

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location = Stoke St Michael
depth =<60m
length =2.18km
coordinates =gbmapping|ST66874745
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hazards = Weils Disease
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Stoke Lane Slocker (gbmapping|ST66874745) is a cave near Stoke St Michael, in the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, in the English county of Somerset.

It is 2.18km in length and reaches a depth of less than 60m. [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=2007-02-18]

It is believed that the first person to explore the cave was a Mr Marshall from Stratton-on-the-Fosse around 1900, but major exploration and measurement of this cave really started in 1947. [cite book |last=Johnson |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The History of Mendip Caving |year=1967 |publisher=David & Charles |location=Newton Abbot |isbn= ]

Cases of Weils Disease have been reported in those who have been into the cave. [cite web|url=http://www.ukcaves.co.uk/cave-stokelane|title=Stoke Lane Slocker|work=UK CXaves Database|accessdate=2008-07-01]

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See also

* Caves of the Mendip Hills