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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org" style="background-color: #e7dcc3;">Gough's cave</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Goughscave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dark brown cave interior with water. A white vertically hanging stalagmite shown above a brown mound on the cave floor." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Goughscave.jpg/250px-Goughscave.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Goughscave.jpg/375px-Goughscave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Goughscave.jpg/500px-Goughscave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Stalagmite" title="Stalagmite">Stalagmites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stalactites" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalactites">stalactites</a> in Gough's cave</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cheddar,_Somerset" title="Cheddar, Somerset">Cheddar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depth</th><td class="infobox-data">115 m (377 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">3,405 m (11,171 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discovery</th><td class="infobox-data">1892</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Geology</th><td class="infobox-data">Limestone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Access</th><td class="infobox-data">Show cave open to the public; greater part by diving only</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Cave_survey" title="Cave survey">Cave survey</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ubss.org.uk/resources/surveys/survex/Goughs_all.pdf">University of Bristol Spelaeological Society</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registry</th><td class="infobox-data">Mendip Cave Registry<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gough's Cave</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">GOF</span></i></a>) is located in <a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Gorge" title="Cheddar Gorge">Cheddar Gorge</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Mendip_Hills" title="Mendip Hills">Mendip Hills</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Cheddar,_Somerset" title="Cheddar, Somerset">Cheddar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, England. The cave is 115 m (377 ft) deep and is 3.405 km (2.12 mi) long,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. It contains the <a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Yeo" title="Cheddar Yeo">Cheddar Yeo</a>, the largest <a href="/wiki/Subterranean_river" title="Subterranean river">underground river</a> system in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initial sections of the cave, previously known as Sand Hole, were accessible prior to the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-witcombe_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-witcombe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1892 and 1898 a retired sea captain, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Cox_Gough&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Cox Gough (page does not exist)">Richard Cox Gough</a>, who lived in Lion House in Cheddar, found, excavated and opened to the public further areas of the cave, up to Diamond Chamber, which is the end of the <a href="/wiki/Show_cave" title="Show cave">show cave</a> today. Electric lighting was installed in the show caves in 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cave is susceptible to flooding often lasting for up to 48 hours, however in the <a href="/wiki/Great_Flood_of_1968" title="Great Flood of 1968">Great Flood of 1968</a> the flooding lasted for three days.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The extensive flooded parts of the cave system were found and explored between 1985 and 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_remains_and_occupation">Human remains and occupation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Human remains and occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Magdalenian_culture_and_remains">Magdalenian culture and remains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Magdalenian culture and remains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg/220px-Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg/330px-Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg/440px-Gough%27s_Cave_skull_potentially_evidencing_cannibalism.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1188" data-file-height="758" /></a><figcaption>Skull that potentially shows signs of <a href="/wiki/Human_cannibalism" title="Human cannibalism">cannibalism</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The cave contained skeletal remains of animals and of humans dated by ultra-filtration <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dating" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbon dating">carbon dating</a> to around the end of the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Maximum" title="Last Glacial Maximum">Last Glacial Maximum</a> some 14,700 years ago. These show cut-marks and breakage consistent with de-fleshing and eating. Skull fragments represent from 5 to 7 humans, including a young child of about 3 years and two adolescents. The brain cases appear to have been prepared as drinking cups or containers, a tradition found in other <a href="/wiki/Magdalenian" title="Magdalenian">Magdalenian</a> sites across Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The remains currently reside in the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a> in London, with a replica in the <i>Cheddar Man and the Cannibals museum</i> in the Gorge. Other human remains have also been found in the cave. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg/220px-Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg/330px-Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg/440px-Skull_of_Gough%27s_Cave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2671" data-file-height="2025" /></a><figcaption>Skull of Gough's Cave</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2022 <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_DNA" title="Nuclear DNA">nuclear</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mitochondrial_DNA" title="Mitochondrial DNA">mitochondrial DNA</a> from a female found in the cave were analysed. Like human remains from other <a href="/wiki/Magdalenian" title="Magdalenian">Magdalenian</a> sites, her genome shares most drift with the individuals belonging to the ~19,000–14,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/Goyet_Caves#Human_habitation" title="Goyet Caves">Goyet Q2</a> genetic cluster.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlton_et_al_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlton_et_al-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Diet">Diet</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Diet"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Isotopic analysis on the remains showed a diet consisting of terrestrial herbivores such as red deer, <a href="/wiki/Aurochs" title="Aurochs">aurochs</a> and horses.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlton_et_al_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlton_et_al-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Treatment_of_corpses">Treatment of corpses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Treatment of corpses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>3D microscopy showed that the flesh had been removed from the bones using the same tools and techniques used on animal bones.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Human_skull" class="mw-redirect" title="Human skull">human skulls</a> of the same date found at the cave around 1987,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> may have been deliberately fashioned into <a href="/wiki/Skull_cup" title="Skull cup">ritual drinking cups or bowls</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These de-fleshing marks and secondary treatment of human material at Gough's Cave, also found at other <a href="/wiki/Magdalenian_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Magdalenian culture">Magdalenian culture</a> sites such as <a href="/wiki/Brillenh%C3%B6hle" title="Brillenhöhle">Brillenhöhle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hohle_Fels" title="Hohle Fels">Hohle Fels</a> in Germany and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Maszycka_Cave&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maszycka Cave (page does not exist)">Maszycka Cave</a> in Poland, has been taken as evidence of <a href="/wiki/Human_cannibalism" title="Human cannibalism">cannibalism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rope-making_tool">Rope-making tool</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rope-making tool"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Perforated_baton" title="Perforated baton">perforated baton</a>, made of reindeer antler, was found in Gough's Cave. Like other similar artefacts, it has been interpreted as being a device for making rope. Grooves around each hole would have held plant fibres in place. The existence of these tools at different locations indicates that rope-making had already become an important human activity by the <a href="/wiki/Upper_Paleolithic" title="Upper Paleolithic">Upper Paleolithic</a> age. "These devices were called batons and were originally thought to have been carried by chiefs as badges of rank. However, they had holes with spirals round them and we now realise they must have been used to make or manipulate ropes." The ropes could then have been used to construct fishing nets, snares and traps, bows and arrows, clothing and containers for carrying food. Heavy objects, such as sledges, could now be hauled on ropes while spear points could be lashed to poles.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Another_contemporaneous_human_group_in_the_British_Isles">Another contemporaneous human group in the British Isles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Another contemporaneous human group in the British Isles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Palaeolithic individual from the non-Magdalenian burial site in <a href="/wiki/Kendrick%27s_Cave" title="Kendrick's Cave">Kendrick's Cave</a> on the coast of North Wales, who lived at approximately the same time as the Magdalenian humans in Gough's Cave,<sup id="cite_ref-Charlton_et_al_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlton_et_al-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shares most drift with the individuals belonging to the ~14,000–7,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/Ripari_Villabruna" title="Ripari Villabruna">Villabruna</a> genetic cluster.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlton_et_al_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlton_et_al-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His diet included a large element of fish-eating mammals such as seals. This suggests that at least two different human groups, with different genetic affinities and different dietary and cultural behaviours, were present in Britain during the <a href="/wiki/Late_Glacial_Interstadial" class="mw-redirect" title="Late Glacial Interstadial">Late Glacial Interstadial</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlton_et_al_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlton_et_al-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Younger_Dryas_depopulation">Younger Dryas depopulation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Younger Dryas depopulation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Centuries after the Magdalenian use of Gough's Cave, the <a href="/wiki/Younger_Dryas" title="Younger Dryas">Younger Dryas</a> cold period made the area of the current <a href="/wiki/British_Isles" title="British Isles">British Isles</a> unsuitable for human life. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cheddar_Man">Cheddar Man</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cheddar Man"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1903 the remains of a human male, since named <a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Man" title="Cheddar Man">Cheddar Man</a>, were found a short distance inside Gough's Cave. He is Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, having been dated to approximately 7150 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His genetic markers suggested (based on their associations in modern populations whose phenotypes are known) that he probably had <a href="/wiki/Eye_color#Green" title="Eye color">green eyes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lactose_intolerance" title="Lactose intolerance">lactose intolerance</a>, dark curly or wavy hair, and, less certainly,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> dark to very dark skin.<sup id="cite_ref-Brace_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brace-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NHM_FAQ_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NHM_FAQ-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further genetic analysis shows that he is part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hunter-Gatherer" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Hunter-Gatherer">Western Hunter-Gatherer</a> population, and not closely related to the much earlier Magdalenian individuals found in the same cave. About 85% of his ancestry can be modelled as coming from the ~14,000–7,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/Ripari_Villabruna" title="Ripari Villabruna">Villabruna</a> genetic cluster, and only c. 15% from the <a href="/wiki/Goyet_Caves" title="Goyet Caves">Goyet Q2 cave</a> cluster which is associated with Magdalenian culture.<sup id="cite_ref-Charlton_et_al_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Charlton_et_al-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Access_and_description">Access and description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Access and description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gough%27s_cave_entrance,_Cheddar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Gough%27s_cave_entrance%2C_Cheddar.jpg/220px-Gough%27s_cave_entrance%2C_Cheddar.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Gough%27s_cave_entrance%2C_Cheddar.jpg/330px-Gough%27s_cave_entrance%2C_Cheddar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Gough%27s_cave_entrance%2C_Cheddar.jpg/440px-Gough%27s_cave_entrance%2C_Cheddar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1066" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption>The entrance to Gough's Cave</figcaption></figure> <p>The first 820 m (2,690 ft) of the cave are open to the public as a show cave, and this stretch contains most of the more spectacular formations.<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The greater part of the cave's length is made up of the river passage, which is accessible only by <a href="/wiki/Cave_diving" title="Cave diving">cave diving</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Beyond_the_show_cave">Beyond the show cave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Beyond the show cave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gough%27s_Cave,_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gough%27s_Cave%2C_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg/220px-Gough%27s_Cave%2C_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gough%27s_Cave%2C_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg/330px-Gough%27s_Cave%2C_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Gough%27s_Cave%2C_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg/440px-Gough%27s_Cave%2C_Alladdin%27s_Cave.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1016" /></a><figcaption>Alladdin's Cave, a chamber and mirror pool inside Gough's Cave</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg/220px-Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg/330px-Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg/440px-Cheddar_cave_cheese.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_cheese" title="Cheddar cheese">Cheddar cheese</a> maturing in the cave</figcaption></figure> <p>Gough's cave contains long stretches of completely flooded river passage. From a point relatively close to the areas of the cave open to the public, the <a href="/wiki/Cave_diving" title="Cave diving">cave-divers'</a> descent into <a href="/wiki/Sump_(cave)" title="Sump (cave)">Sump</a> 1a begins through a tight passage known as Dire Straits. The bottom of that passage opens into the river passage, which is several metres across. This has been explored for 335 m (1,099 ft) downstream, whilst upstream a dive of 150 m (490 ft) brings the diver out in a 20 m (66 ft) long chamber named Lloyd Hall (which can now also be reached by an alternative, dry, route).<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LastAdventure_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LastAdventure-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another dive of 140 m (460 ft) through Sump 1b, finishing with an ascent through a rising passage, leads to another chamber, 60 m (197 ft) long and 25 m (82 ft) wide at its widest point, and full of large boulders, called Bishop's Palace. This chamber is the largest chamber currently found in the Cheddar caves. Further on, three sump pools (named the Duck Ponds) lead to Sump 2 which is about 27 m (89 ft) deep at its lowest point and 150 m (492 ft) long.<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LastAdventure_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LastAdventure-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Air is again reached at Sheppard's Crook, which is followed by Sump 3. This sump is 55 m (180 ft) deep and at its bottommost point is about 30 m (98 ft) below sea level. Following Sump 3, a wide ascending passage continues for 370 m (1,214 ft) before reaching an impassable blockage, still below the water's surface.<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LastAdventure_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LastAdventure-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Sump </th> <th>Length of dive<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Depth<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Emerging into<sup id="cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Sump 1a </td> <td>150 m (492 ft) </td> <td>18 m (59 ft) </td> <td>Lloyd Hall </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sump 1b </td> <td>140 m (459 ft) </td> <td>? </td> <td>Bishop's Palace </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sump 2 </td> <td>150 m (492 ft) with <a href="/wiki/Airbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbell">airbells</a> </td> <td>27 m (89 ft) </td> <td>Sheppard's Crook </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sump 3 </td> <td>370 m (1,214 ft) </td> <td>55 m (180 ft) </td> <td>Passage blocked </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_the_Mendip_Hills" title="Caves of the Mendip Hills">Caves of the Mendip Hills</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcra.org.uk/registry/sitedetails.php?id=738">"Gough's Cave"</a>. Mendip Cave Registry & Archive<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 March</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gough%27s+Cave&rft.pub=Mendip+Cave+Registry+%26+Archive&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcra.org.uk%2Fregistry%2Fsitedetails.php%3Fid%3D738&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcra.org.uk/registry/sitedetails.php?id=738">"Gough's Cave"</a>. Mendip Cave Registry & Archive<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 February</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gough%27s+Cave&rft.pub=Mendip+Cave+Registry+%26+Archive&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcra.org.uk%2Fregistry%2Fsitedetails.php%3Fid%3D738&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://somersetrivers.org/index.php?module=Content&func=view&pid=57">"Cheddar Yeo"</a>. Somerset Rivers<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 March</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Cheddar+Yeo&rft.pub=Somerset+Rivers&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsomersetrivers.org%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3DContent%26func%3Dview%26pid%3D57&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-witcombe-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-witcombe_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWitcombe2009" class="citation book cs1">Witcombe, Richard (2009). <i>Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained</i> (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club. p. 83. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9500433-6-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9500433-6-4"><bdi>978-0-9500433-6-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Who+was+Aveline+anyway%3F%3A+Mendip%27s+Cave+Names+Explained&rft.place=Priddy&rft.pages=83&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Wessex+Cave+Club&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-9500433-6-4&rft.aulast=Witcombe&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MendipUnderground-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MendipUnderground_5-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIrwinKnibbs_Anthony_J.1999" class="citation book cs1">Irwin, David John; Knibbs Anthony J. 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It is certainly not a brown-eyed or clear blue-eyed individual.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Population+Replacement+in+Early+Neolithic+Britain&rft.atitle=Supplementary+Material&rft.date=2018-02-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A90890302%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1101%2F267443&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1101%2F267443%23id-name%3DbioRxiv&rft.aulast=Brace&rft.aufirst=Selina&rft.au=Diekmann%2C+Yoan&rft.au=Booth%2C+Thomas+J.&rft.au=Faltyskova%2C+Zuzana&rft.au=Rohland%2C+Nadin&rft.au=Mallick%2C+Swapan&rft.au=Ferry%2C+Matthew&rft.au=Michel%2C+Megan&rft.au=Oppenheimer%2C+Jonas&rft.au=Broomandkhoshbacht%2C+Nasreen&rft.au=Stewardson%2C+Kristin&rft.au=Walsh%2C+Susan&rft.au=Kayser%2C+Manfred&rft.au=Schulting%2C+Rick&rft.au=Craig%2C+Oliver+E.&rft.au=Sheridan%2C+Alison&rft.au=Pearson%2C+Mike+Parker&rft.au=Stringer%2C+Chris&rft.au=Reich%2C+David&rft.au=Thomas%2C+Mark+G.&rft.au=Barnes%2C+Ian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biorxiv.org%2Fhighwire%2Ffilestream%2F82058%2Ffield_highwire_adjunct_files%2F4%2F267443-13.docx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NHM_FAQ-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NHM_FAQ_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/origins-evolution-and-futures/human-adaptation-diet-disease/cheddar-man-faq.html">"Cheddar Man FAQ"</a>. <i>www.nhm.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.nhm.ac.uk&rft.atitle=Cheddar+Man+FAQ&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhm.ac.uk%2Four-science%2Four-work%2Forigins-evolution-and-futures%2Fhuman-adaptation-diet-disease%2Fcheddar-man-faq.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LastAdventure-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LastAdventure_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LastAdventure_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LastAdventure_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThomas1989" class="citation book cs1">Thomas, Alan (1989). <i>The Last Adventure</i>. Wells: Ina Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-869897-05-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-869897-05-6"><bdi>1-869897-05-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Last+Adventure&rft.place=Wells&rft.pub=Ina+Books&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=1-869897-05-6&rft.aulast=Thomas&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span> which contains a first-hand account of the exploration of the river passage by Richard Stevenson</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gough%27s_Cave&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcra.org.uk/registry/sitedetails.php?id=738">"Gough's Cave"</a>. Mendip Cave Registry & Archive.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gough%27s+Cave&rft.pub=Mendip+Cave+Registry+%26+Archive&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcra.org.uk%2Fregistry%2Fsitedetails.php%3Fid%3D738&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGough%27s+Cave" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100514145859/http://www.cheddarcaves.co.uk/">Official website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.showcaves.com/english/gb/showcaves/CheddarOldham.html">The Caves of Cheddar Gorge by Tony Oldham</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/jun/20/ice-age-cannibals-britain-earliest-settlers">Bones from a Cheddar Gorge cave show that cannibalism helped Britain's earliest settlers survive the ice age, Robin McKie, The Guardian, 20 June 2010</a></li> <li><i>Silvia M. Bello, Rosalind Wallduck, Simon A. Parfitt, Chris B. Stringer</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0182127">An Upper Palaeolithic engraved human bone associated with ritualistic cannibalism</a>, August 9, 2017.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asham_Wood" title="Asham Wood">Asham Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axbridge_Hill_and_Fry%27s_Hill" title="Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill">Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwell_Caves" title="Banwell Caves">Banwell Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banwell_Ochre_Caves" title="Banwell Ochre Caves">Banwell Ochre Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barns_Batch_Spinney" title="Barns Batch Spinney">Barns Batch Spinney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blagdon_Lake" title="Blagdon Lake">Blagdon Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bleadon_Hill" title="Bleadon Hill">Bleadon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brimble_Pit_and_Cross_Swallet_Basins" title="Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins">Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burledge_Hill" title="Burledge Hill">Burledge Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burrington_Combe" title="Burrington Combe">Burrington Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chancellor%27s_Farm" title="Chancellor's Farm">Chancellor's Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Complex" title="Cheddar Complex">Cheddar Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Reservoir" title="Cheddar Reservoir">Cheddar Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Wood" title="Cheddar Wood">Cheddar Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chew_Valley_Lake" title="Chew Valley Lake">Chew Valley Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloford_Quarry" title="Cloford Quarry">Cloford Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compton_Martin_Ochre_Mine" title="Compton Martin Ochre Mine">Compton Martin Ochre Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook%27s_Wood_Quarry" title="Cook's Wood Quarry">Cook's Wood Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolebury_Warren" title="Dolebury Warren">Dolebury Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Draycott_Sleights" title="Draycott 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title="Cheddar Man">Cheddar Man</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drove_Cottage_Henge" title="Drove Cottage Henge">Drove Cottage Henge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dolebury_Warren" title="Dolebury Warren">Dolebury Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charterhouse_(Roman_town)" title="Charterhouse (Roman town)">Charterhouse Roman Town</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fosse_Way" title="Fosse Way">Fosse Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_John%27s_Hunting_Lodge,_Axbridge" title="King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge">King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Mineries" title="Priddy Mineries">Priddy Mineries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Coalfield" title="Somerset Coalfield">Somerset Coalfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Coal_Canal" title="Somerset Coal Canal">Somerset Coal Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Valley_line" title="Cheddar Valley line">Cheddar Valley line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Somerset_Railway" title="East Somerset Railway">East 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