Upper Flood Swallet

Infobox Cave
name =Upper Flood Swallet
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location = Charterhouse, Somerset
depth = 110m
length = 3.2km
coordinates =gbmapping|ST50575576
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discovery = 3 October 1968 [ [http://www.mendipcavinggroup.org.uk/ufs.html Mendip Caving Group] ]
geology = Limestone
number of entrances = 1
difficulty = Extensive system with tight strenuous sections
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access = Leader controlled by Mendip Caving Group; experienced cavers only
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Upper Flood Swallet (gbmapping|ST50575576) which was originally known as Blackmoor Flood Swallet is a cave near Charterhouse, in the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI.

The entrance was revealed in the great flood of 1968. It was dug consistently since then with breakthroughs occurring in 1971, 1972, 1985 and 2006. [ [http://www.mendipcavinggroup.org.uk/ufs.html Mendip Caving Group] ]

At of September 2008 it is over 3.5km in length and around 125m deep. [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]

The 2006 breakthrough

In September 2006 cavers squeezed through an excavated boulder choke into new passage. In a series of three digging trips they discovered 1.2km of well decorated cave. [ [http://www.mendipcavinggroup.org.uk/upperflood2.html Mendip Caving Group] ]

References

See also

* Caves of the Mendip Hills

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dumj3Rm16_A You tube video showing pictures of the discoveries made by the Mendip Caving Group in Upper Flood Swallet in 2006.]