Earth:Bath Swallet

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Short description: Cave in Somerset, England
Bath Swallet
Bath Swallet entrance.jpg
Bath Swallet entrance
Map showing the location of Bath Swallet
Map showing the location of Bath Swallet
LocationBurrington Combe, Somerset, UK
OS gridST47255845
Coordinates [ ⚑ ] 51°19′22″N 2°45′30″W / 51.32269°N 2.75838°W / 51.32269; -2.75838
Depth37 metres (121 ft)
Length76 metres (249 ft)
GeologyLimestone
Entrances2 (Rod's Pot)
HazardsFall hazard
AccessFree
RegistryMendip Cave Registry[1]

Bath Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England .

On Wednesday 19 September 2007 members of the Wessex Cave Club and Cheddar Caving Club succeeded in connecting Bath Swallet and Rod's Pot. It had been anticipated that the upward dig in Bath would connect with the end of 'Purple Passage' in Rod's Pot and this proved to be true. This creates what is probably Mendip's third longest through trip.[2]

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