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class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Bristol_Channel)" title="River Axe (Bristol Channel)">River Axe</a> emerging from Wookey Hole Caves (February 2005)</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:220px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:220px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:220px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Somerset_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map showing the location of Wookey Hole Caves"><img alt="Map showing the location of Wookey Hole Caves" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Somerset_UK_location_map.svg/220px-Somerset_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Somerset_UK_location_map.svg/330px-Somerset_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Somerset_UK_location_map.svg/440px-Somerset_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1425" data-file-height="901" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.76%;left:70.011%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Wookey Hole Caves"><img alt="Map showing the location of Wookey Hole Caves" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wookey_Hole" title="Wookey Hole">Wookey Hole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, UK</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wookey_Hole_Caves&params=51.229438_N_2.671775_W_region:GB_scale:25000&title=Wookey+Hole+Caves">ST 5319 4802</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Wookey_Hole_Caves&params=51.2293_N_2.6718_W_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°13′45″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°40′18″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.2293°N 2.6718°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.2293; -2.6718</span></span></span></a></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depth</th><td class="infobox-data">90 metres (300 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">4,380 metres (14,370 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-descent277_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-descent277-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height variation</th><td class="infobox-data">150 metres (490 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-descent277_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-descent277-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">64 metres (210 ft)<sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Geology</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">Dolomitic conglomerate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Entrances</th><td class="infobox-data">6 (incl. 1 artificial, 1 blocked)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Access</th><td class="infobox-data">Restricted</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Show cave opened</th><td class="infobox-data">1927</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lighting</th><td class="infobox-data">Electric</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Registry</th><td class="infobox-data">MCRA<sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Wookey Hole Caves</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="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'w' in 'wind'">w</span><span title="/ʊ/: 'u' in 'push'">ʊ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>) are a series of <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> caverns, a <a href="/wiki/Show_cave" title="Show cave">show cave</a> and tourist attraction in the village of <a href="/wiki/Wookey_Hole" title="Wookey Hole">Wookey Hole</a> on the southern edge of the <a href="/wiki/Mendip_Hills" title="Mendip Hills">Mendip Hills</a> near <a href="/wiki/Wells,_Somerset" title="Wells, Somerset">Wells</a> in <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a>, England. The <a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Bristol_Channel)" title="River Axe (Bristol Channel)">River Axe</a> flows through the cave.<sup id="cite_ref-BGS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a <a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a> (SSSI) for both biological and geological reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-sssicitation_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sssicitation-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wookey Hole cave is a "<a href="/wiki/Solutional_cave" title="Solutional cave">solutional cave</a>", one that is formed by a process of <a href="/wiki/Weathering" title="Weathering">weathering</a> in which the natural acid in <a href="/wiki/Groundwater" title="Groundwater">groundwater</a> dissolves the rocks. Some water originates as rain that flows into streams on impervious rocks on the plateau before sinking at the limestone boundary into cave systems such as <a href="/wiki/Swildon%27s_Hole" title="Swildon's Hole">Swildon's Hole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastwater_Cavern" title="Eastwater Cavern">Eastwater Cavern</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_Swallet" title="St Cuthbert's Swallet">St Cuthbert's Swallet</a>; the rest is rain that percolates directly through the limestone. The temperature in the caves is a constant 11 °C (52 °F). </p><p>The caves have been used by humans for around 45,000 years, demonstrated by the discovery of tools from the <a href="/wiki/Palaeolithic" class="mw-redirect" title="Palaeolithic">Palaeolithic</a> period, along with fossilised animal remains. Evidence of <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> occupation continued into <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman Britain</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Cereal" title="Cereal">corn</a>-grinding mill operated on the resurgent waters of the River Axe as early as the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday survey</a> of 1086. The waters of the river are used in a handmade <a href="/wiki/Paper_mill" title="Paper mill">paper mill</a>, the oldest extant in Britain, which began operations circa 1610.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The low, constant temperature of the caves means that they can be used for maturing <a href="/wiki/Cheddar_cheese" title="Cheddar cheese">Cheddar cheese</a>. </p><p>The caves were the site of the first <a href="/wiki/Cave_diving" title="Cave diving">cave dives</a> in Britain, undertaken by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(cave_diver)" title="Jack Sheppard (cave diver)">Jack Sheppard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graham_Balcombe" title="Graham Balcombe">Graham Balcombe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Powell" title="Penelope Powell">Penelope Powell</a><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> in the 1930s. Since then, divers have explored the extensive network of chambers developing breathing apparatus and novel techniques in the process. The full extent of the cave system is still unknown with approximately 4,000 metres (13,000 ft), including 25 chambers, having been explored. Part of the cave system opened as a show cave in 1927 following exploratory work by <a href="/wiki/Herbert_E._Balch" title="Herbert E. Balch">Herbert E. Balch</a>. As a tourist attraction it has been owned by <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a> and, most recently, the circus owner <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cottle" title="Gerry Cottle">Gerry Cottle</a>. The cave is notable for the Witch of Wookey Hole, a roughly human-shaped <a href="/wiki/Stalagmite" title="Stalagmite">stalagmite</a> that legend says is a witch turned to stone by a monk from <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury" title="Glastonbury">Glastonbury</a>. It has also been used as a location for film and television productions, including the <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i> serial <i><a href="/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Cybermen" title="Revenge of the Cybermen">Revenge of the Cybermen</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The show cave consists of a dry gallery connecting three large chambers, the first of which contains the Witch of Wookey formation. There are various high-level passages leading off from these chambers, with two small exits above the tourist entrance. The <a href="/wiki/River_Axe_(Bristol_Channel)" title="River Axe (Bristol Channel)">River Axe</a> is formed by the water entering the cave systems and flows through the third and first chambers, from which it flows to the <a href="/wiki/Resurgence_(spring)" class="mw-redirect" title="Resurgence (spring)">resurgence</a>, through two <a href="/wiki/Sump_(cave)" title="Sump (cave)">sumps</a> 40 and 30 metres (131 and 98 ft) long, where it leaves the cave and enters the open air.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river is maintained at an artificially high level and falls a couple of metres when a sluice is lowered to allow access to the fourth and fifth chambers, two small air spaces. Normally, however, these are only accessible by cave diving. Beyond the fifth chamber a roomy submerged route may be followed for a further 40 metres (130 ft), passing under three large <a href="/wiki/Rift" title="Rift">rifts</a> with air spaces, to surface in the ninth chamber – a roomy chamber over 30 metres (98 ft) long and the same high. High-level passages here lead to a former resurgence, now blocked, some 45 metres (148 ft) above the current resurgence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An artificial tunnel 180 metres (590 ft) leading off from the third chamber allows show cave visitors to cross the seventh and eighth chambers on bridges, and skirt around the ninth chamber on a walkway, before exiting near the resurgence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second excavated 74-metre-long (243 ft) tunnel from the ninth chamber allows visitors to visit the 20th chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-wmn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wmn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>From the ninth chamber, a dive of about 200 metres (660 ft) passes almost immediately from the <a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">Dolomitic</a> <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(geology)" title="Conglomerate (geology)">Conglomerate</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>, and descends steadily for 70 metres (230 ft) to a depth of 23 metres (75 ft) under a couple of high rifts with <a href="/wiki/Airbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbell">airbells</a> (enclosed air spaces between water and roof) before reaching air space in the 19th chamber. The 20th chamber is at the top of a large boulder slope – 60 metres (200 ft) long, 15 metres (49 ft) wide, and 22 metres (72 ft) high. From here a roomy passage some 400 metres (1,300 ft) long ascends towards a now-blocked fossil resurgence in the <a href="/wiki/Ebbor_Gorge" title="Ebbor Gorge">Ebbor Gorge</a>. The total length of passages in this area is about 820 metres (2,690 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A passage near the end connects with Chamber 24 near Sting Corner.<sup id="cite_ref-descent277_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-descent277-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The continuation is found in the 19th chamber, where 152 metres (499 ft) of passage descending to a depth of 24 metres (79 ft) surfaces in the 22nd chamber – 300 metres (980 ft) of dry passages at various levels with a static pool. The way on is within this pool at a depth of 19 metres (62 ft) where 100 metres (330 ft) of passage ascends to surface in the 23rd chamber – 100 metres (330 ft) of large passage, followed by four short sumps that arrive in the 24th chamber. This is 370 metres (1,210 ft) of what is described in the guidebook as "magnificent" river passage, 13 metres (43 ft) high and 2 metres (6.6 ft) wide, which finishes at a cascade falling from a 30-metre (98 ft) long lake. There are also more than 370 metres (1,210 ft) of high-level passages above the river. The way on continues underwater for some 100 metres (330 ft) reaching a depth of 25 metres (82 ft) before surfacing in the 25th chamber – called the Lake of Gloom because of its thick mud deposits.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIrwin1977162-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sump at the end of this has been dived for 400 metres (1,300 ft) to a maximum depth of 90 metres (300 ft) before gravel chokes prevented further progress. The end is about 1,000 metres (1,100 yd) northeast of the entrance.<sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Hydrology_and_geology">Hydrology and geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hydrology and geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wookey Hole is on the southern <a href="/wiki/Escarpment" title="Escarpment">escarpment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mendip_Hills" title="Mendip Hills">Mendip Hills</a>, and is the <a href="/wiki/Spring_(hydrology)" title="Spring (hydrology)">resurgence</a> that drains the southern flanks of North Hill and Pen Hill. It is the second-largest resurgence on Mendip, with an estimated <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">catchment area</a> of 46.2 square kilometres (17.8 sq mi),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrew1975200_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrew1975200-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an average <a href="/wiki/Discharge_(hydrology)" title="Discharge (hydrology)">discharge</a> of 789 litres (174 imp gal; 208 US gal) per second.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrew1975191_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrew1975191-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the water is allogenic in origin i.e. drained off non-limestone rocks, collecting as streams on the surface before sinking at or near the Lower Limestone Shale — Black Rock Limestone boundary, often through <a href="/wiki/Sinkhole" title="Sinkhole">swallets</a> such as Plantation Swallet near St Cuthbert's lead works between the Hunter's Lodge Inn and <a href="/wiki/Priddy_Pools" title="Priddy Pools">Priddy Pools</a>.<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> It then passes through major cave systems such as <a href="/wiki/Swildon%27s_Hole" title="Swildon's Hole">Swildon's Hole</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastwater_Cavern" title="Eastwater Cavern">Eastwater Cavern</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_Swallet" title="St Cuthbert's Swallet">St Cuthbert's Swallet</a>, around <a href="/wiki/Priddy" title="Priddy">Priddy</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997199_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997199-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrew1975209_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrew1975209-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but 95% is autogenic water that has <a href="/wiki/Percolation" title="Percolation">percolated</a> directly into the limestone.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDrew1975209_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDrew1975209-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The southern slopes of the Mendip Hills largely follow the flanks of an <a href="/wiki/Anticline" title="Anticline">anticline</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Fold_(geology)" title="Fold (geology)">fold</a> in the rock that is <a href="/wiki/Convex_set" title="Convex set">convex</a> upwards and has its oldest <a href="/wiki/Stratum" title="Stratum">beds</a> at its core. On the Mendips the crest of the anticline is truncated by erosion, forming a plateau. The rock <a href="/wiki/Stratum" title="Stratum">strata</a> here dip 10–15 degrees to the southwest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997203_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997203-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The outer slopes are mainly of <a href="/wiki/Carboniferous_Limestone" title="Carboniferous Limestone">Carboniferous Limestone</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> age <a href="/wiki/Old_Red_Sandstone" title="Old Red Sandstone">Old Red Sandstone</a> exposed as an <a href="/wiki/Inliers_and_outliers_(geology)" title="Inliers and outliers (geology)">inlier</a> at the centre. Wookey Hole is a <a href="/wiki/Solutional_cave" title="Solutional cave">solutional cave</a>, mainly formed in the limestone by chemical <a href="/wiki/Weathering" title="Weathering">weathering</a> whereby naturally acidic <a href="/wiki/Groundwater" title="Groundwater">groundwater</a> dissolves the carbonate rocks, but it is unique in that the first part of the cave is formed in <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> <a href="/wiki/Dolomite_(rock)" title="Dolomite (rock)">Dolomitic</a> <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(geology)" title="Conglomerate (geology)">Conglomerate</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cementation_(geology)" title="Cementation (geology)">well-cemented</a> fossil limestone <a href="/wiki/Scree" title="Scree">scree</a> representing the infill of a <a href="/wiki/Triassic" title="Triassic">Triassic</a> valley.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997203–205_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997203–205-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cave was formed under <a href="/wiki/Phreatic" title="Phreatic">phreatic</a> conditions i.e. below the local <a href="/wiki/Water_table" title="Water table">water table</a>, but lowering <a href="/wiki/Base_level" title="Base level">base levels</a> to which the subterranean drainage was flowing resulted in some passages being abandoned by the river, and there is evidence of a number of abandoned resurgences.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997203_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997203-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, the passages in the 20th chamber are interpreted as a former <a href="/wiki/Vauclusian_spring" class="mw-redirect" title="Vauclusian spring">Vauclusian spring</a>, the waters of which once surfaced in the Ebbor Gorge.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997205_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997205-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is uncertain whether that was the original rising or whether it formed when the main rising at Wookey was blocked.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1975285–290_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1975285–290-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current resurgence is located close to the base of the Dolomitic Conglomerate at the head of a short gorge formed by <a href="/wiki/Headward_erosion" title="Headward erosion">headward erosion</a> with subsequent cavern collapse.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997204_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997204-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/River_morphology" title="River morphology">morphology</a> of the passages is determined by the rock strata in which they are formed. The streamway in the outer part of the cave system that is formed within the Dolomitic Conglomerate is characterised by shallow loops linking low <a href="/wiki/Bedding_(geology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedding (geology)">bedding</a> chambers, or tall narrow passages, known as 'rifts', developed by phreatic solutional enlargement of fractured rifts. The streamway in the inner part of the system formed within the limestone is characterised by deep phreatic loops reaching depths as much as 90 metres (300 ft), with the water flowing down-dip along bedding planes and rising up enlarged joints.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997204_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWaltham1997204-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the far reaches of the cave the passages descend to 26 metres (85 ft) below sea level.<sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BGS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BGS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><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:Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG/220px-Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG/330px-Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG/440px-Cheeses_stored_at_Wookey_Hole_Caves.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Cheddar cheeses in Wookey Hole Caves</figcaption></figure> <p>Witcombe suggests that the name <i>Wookey</i> is derived from the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_languages" title="Celtic languages">Celtic</a> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>) for 'cave', <i>ogo</i> or <i>ogof</i>, which gave the early names for this cave of <i>"Ochie"</i> or <i>"Ochy"</i>. <i>Hole</i> is <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Saxon" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Saxon">Anglo-Saxon</a> for cave, which is itself of Latin/Norman derivation. Therefore, the name <i>Wookey Hole Cave</i> basically means <i>cave cave cave</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWitcombe2009202_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWitcombe2009202-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eilert_Ekwall" title="Eilert Ekwall">Eilert Ekwall</a> gives an alternative derivation of <i>Wookey</i> from the <a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> <i>wocig</i>, meaning a noose or snare for animals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEkwall1964532_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEkwall1964532-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the 18th century the caves were commonly known as "Okey Hole".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was known as such when it was first described in print in 1681 by the geologist <a href="/wiki/John_Beaumont_(geologist)" title="John Beaumont (geologist)">John Beaumont</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-beaumont_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beaumont-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fossils of a range of animals have been found including the <a href="/wiki/Panthera_leo_spelaea" class="mw-redirect" title="Panthera leo spelaea">Pleistocene lion (<i>Felis leo spelæ</i>)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cave_hyena" title="Cave hyena">cave hyena (<i>Crocuta crocuta spelaea</i>)</a> and <a href="/wiki/European_badger" title="European badger">badger (<i>Meles meles</i>)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPage1906_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPage1906-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wookey Hole was occupied by humans in the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a>, possibly around 250–300 BC,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1975381_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1975381-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while nearby Hyena Cave was occupied by <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a> hunters. Badger Hole and Rhinoceros Hole are two dry caves on the slopes above the Wookey ravine near the Wookey Hole resurgence and contain in situ cave sediments laid down during the Ice Age.<sup id="cite_ref-sssicitation_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sssicitation-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Just outside the cave the foundations of a 1st-century hut have been identified. These had been built on during the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman era</a> up to the end of the 4th century.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1544 products of Roman <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a> working in the area were discovered. The lead mines across the Mendips have produced contamination of the water emerging from the caverns at Wookey Hole.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacklin1985235–244_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacklin1985235–244-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The lead in the water is believed to have affected the quality of the paper produced.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGough1967_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGough1967-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The designation of the water catchment area for Wookey Hole, covering a large area of the Mendip Hills as far away as <a href="/wiki/Priddy_Pools" title="Priddy Pools">Priddy Pools</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">Site of Special Scientific Interest</a> (SSSI) during the 1970s and 1980s was controversial because of conflicts of interest between land owners, recreational cavers and cave scientists.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGunnGunn1996121–127_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGunnGunn1996121–127-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initial proposals put forward by the Council of Southern Caving Clubs (part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Caving_Association" title="British Caving Association">British Caving Association</a>) were that SSSI designation, which would restrict what farmers and other landowners were allowed to do, would cover the entire catchment area. This was opposed as being too restrictive and difficult to enforce. It was argued that agricultural use of fields not directly in contact with cave entrances would have little detrimental effect on the caves themselves. There was also debate about which caves and cave features should be considered "important". The final settlement resulted in a smaller area being designated and many agricultural practices being removed from the list of proscribed "Potentially Damaging Operations".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGunnGunn1996121–127_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGunnGunn1996121–127-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The entrance weir and sluice gate servicing the paper mill was built about 1852. The tunnel excavated from the third chamber to the ninth chamber and then out to daylight was dug in 1974–1975 by ex-coal miners from the <a href="/wiki/Radstock" title="Radstock">Radstock</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-mrca_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mrca-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show cave was further extended in 2015 by excavating a tunnel from the ninth chamber to the 20th chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-wmn_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wmn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The constant temperature of 11 °C (52 °F) in the caves is used by Ford Farm of <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> to mature <a href="/wiki/Cheddar_cheese" title="Cheddar cheese">Cheddar cheese</a> in the 'Cheese Tunnel' – an excavated side tunnel between the ninth chamber and the exit to the show cave.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cave_archaeology">Cave archaeology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cave archaeology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Archaeological investigations were undertaken from 1859 to 1874 by <a href="/wiki/William_Boyd_Dawkins" title="William Boyd Dawkins">William Boyd Dawkins</a>, who moved to <a href="/wiki/Somerset" title="Somerset">Somerset</a> to study classics with the vicar of <a href="/wiki/Wookey" title="Wookey">Wookey</a>. On hearing of the discovery of bones by local workmen, he led excavations in the area of the hyena den. His work led to the discovery of the first evidence for the use by Paleolithic humans in the caves of the Mendip Hills.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERamsay1878474_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERamsay1878474-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Middle Paleolithic tools have been found in association with butchered bones with a <a href="/wiki/Radio_carbon_dating" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio carbon dating">radiocarbon</a> age of around 41,000 years.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Herbert_E._Balch" title="Herbert E. Balch">Herbert E. Balch</a> continued the work from 1904 to 1914,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when he led excavations of the entrance passage (1904–1915), Witch's Kitchen (the first chamber) and Hell's Ladder (1926–1927) and the Badger Hole (1938–1954), where Roman coins from the 3rd century were discovered along with <a href="/wiki/Aurignacian" title="Aurignacian">Aurignacian</a> flint implements.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rhinoceros Hole was scheduled as an <a href="/wiki/Ancient_monument" title="Ancient monument">ancient monument</a> in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1911 work found 4 to 7 feet (1.2–2.1 m) of stratification, mostly dating from the <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> and sealed into place by Romano-British artefacts. Finds included a silver coin of <a href="/wiki/Marcia_(gens)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcia (gens)">Marcia</a> (124 BC), pottery, weapons and tools, bronze ornaments, and Roman coins from <a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a> to <a href="/wiki/Valentinian_II" title="Valentinian II">Valentinian II</a><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1st to 4th centuries). </p><p>The work was continued, first by E. J. Mason from 1946 to 1949, and then by G. R. Morgan in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later work led by Edgar Kingsley Tratman explored the human occupation of Rhinoceros Hole,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhitePettitt201125–97_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhitePettitt201125–97-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and showed that the fourth chamber of the great cave was a Romano-British cemetery.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHawkesRogersTratman197923–52_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHawkesRogersTratman197923–52-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEProctorCollcuttCurrantHawkes1996237–262_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEProctorCollcuttCurrantHawkes1996237–262-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During excavations in 1954–1957 at Hole Ground, just outside the entrance to the cave, the foundations of a 1st-century hut and Iron Age pottery were seen. These were covered by the foundations of Roman buildings, dating from the 1st to the late 4th century.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exploration">Exploration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Exploration"><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:Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg/170px-Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg/255px-Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg/340px-Wookey_Hole_caves_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1250476.jpg 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="475" /></a><figcaption>An underground lake in the first chamber</figcaption></figure> <p>The cave as far as the third chamber and side galleries has been known since at least the Iron Age period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBarringtonStanton1977179-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before the construction of a dam at the resurgence to feed water to the paper mill downstream, two more chambers (the Fourth and Fifth) were accessible. Further upstream the way lies underwater. Diving was first tried by the <a href="/wiki/Cave_Diving_Group" title="Cave Diving Group">Cave Diving Group</a> under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Graham_Balcombe" title="Graham Balcombe">Graham Balcombe</a> in 1935. With equipment on loan from <a href="/wiki/Siebe_Gorman" title="Siebe Gorman">Siebe Gorman</a>, he and <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Powell" title="Penelope Powell">Penelope ("Mossy") Powell</a> penetrated 52 m (170 ft) into the cave, reaching the seventh chamber, using <a href="/wiki/Standard_diving_dress" title="Standard diving dress">standard diving dress</a>. The events marked the first successful <a href="/wiki/Cave_diving" title="Cave diving">cave dives</a> in Britain.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BuxtonCDG_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BuxtonCDG-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Diving at Wookey resumed in early June 1946 when Balcombe used his homemade respirator and waterproof suit to explore the region between the resurgence and first chamber, as well as the underground course of the river between the third and first chambers. During these dives, the Romano-British remains were found and archaeological work dominated the early dives in the cave. The large ninth chamber was first entered on 24 April 1948 by Balcombe and Don Coase. Using this as an advance dive base, the 10th and then 11th chambers were discovered. The way on, however, was too deep for divers breathing pure oxygen from a closed-circuit <a href="/wiki/Diving_rebreather" title="Diving rebreather">rebreather</a>. The <a href="/wiki/List_of_UK_caving_fatalities" title="List of UK caving fatalities">cave claimed its first life</a> on 9 April 1949 when Gordon Marriott lost his life returning from the ninth chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-farr_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farr-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another fatality occurred in 1981 when Keith Potter was drowned on a routine dive further upstream.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further progress required apparatus that could overcome the depth limitation of breathing pure oxygen. In 1955, using an <a href="/wiki/Aqua-lung" class="mw-redirect" title="Aqua-lung">aqualung</a> and swimming with fins, Bob Davies reached the bottom of the 11th chamber at 15 m (49 ft) depth in clear water and discovered the 12th and 13th chambers. He got separated from his guideline and the other two divers in the 11th chamber, ending up spending three hours trapped in the 13th chamber, and had much trouble getting back to safety.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opinion hardened against the use of the short-duration aqualung in favour of longer-duration closed-circuit equipment. Likewise, the traditional approach of walking along the bottom was preferred over swimming. Employing semi-closed circuit nitrogen-oxygen rebreathers, between 1957 and 1960 John Buxton and Oliver Wells went on to reach the elbow of the <a href="/wiki/Sump_(cave)" title="Sump (cave)">sump</a> upstream from the ninth chamber at a depth of 22 m (72 ft).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr199175_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr199175-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was at a point known as "The Slot", the way on being too deep for the gas mixture they were breathing. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cave_diving_equipment.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Cave_diving_equipment.JPG/220px-Cave_diving_equipment.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Cave_diving_equipment.JPG/330px-Cave_diving_equipment.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Cave_diving_equipment.JPG/440px-Cave_diving_equipment.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Cave diving equipment in the museum at Wookey Hole Caves</figcaption></figure> <p>A six-year hiatus ensued while <a href="/wiki/Open_circuit_scuba" class="mw-redirect" title="Open circuit scuba">open circuit</a> air diving became established, along with free-swimming and the use of neoprene <a href="/wiki/Wetsuit" title="Wetsuit">wetsuits</a>. The new generation of cave diver was now more mobile above and under water and able to dive deeper. Using this approach, Dave Savage was able to reach air surface in the 18th chamber (chambers did not have to have air spaces to be so named; they were the limits of each exploration) in May 1966. A brief lull in exploration occurred while the mess of guidelines laid from the ninth chamber was sorted out before John Parker progressed first to the large, dry, inlet passage of the 20th chamber, and thence followed the River Axe upstream on a dive covering 152 metres (499 ft) at a maximum depth of 24 metres (79 ft) to the 22nd chamber where the way on appeared to be lost.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr199198_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr199198-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHanwellPriceWitcombe2010_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHanwellPriceWitcombe2010-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, climbing operations in the ninth chamber found an abandoned outlet passage that terminated very close to the surface, as well as a dry overland route downstream through the higher levels of the eighth, seventh and sixth chambers as far as the fifth chamber. These discoveries were used to enable the show cave to be extended into the ninth chamber and the cave divers to start directly from here, bypassing the dive from the third chamber onwards.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The way on from the 22nd chamber was at last found by Colin Edmond and <a href="/wiki/Martyn_Farr" title="Martyn Farr">Martyn Farr</a> in February 1976 and was explored until the line ran out. A few days later Geoff Yeadon and Oliver Statham somewhat controversially reached the 23rd chamber after laying just a further 9 metres (30 ft) of line. After a further three short dives they surfaced in the 24th chamber to be confronted by what Statham described as "a magnificent sight—the whole of the River Axe pouring down a passage 40 feet [12 m] high by five feet [1.5 m] wide" terminating in a blue lake after 90 metres (300 ft). This lake was dived by Farr a few days later for 90 metres (300 ft) at a maximum depth of 18 metres (59 ft) to emerge in the 25th chamber, a desolate, muddy place named "The Lake of Gloom".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFarr1991103–106_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFarr1991103–106-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 25th chamber represents the furthest upstream air surface in Wookey Hole Cave. From here the River Axe rises up from a deep sump where progressive depth records for cave diving in the British Isles have been set: firstly by Farr (45 m or 148 ft) in 1977, then Rob Parker (68 m or 223 ft) in 1985, and finally by <a href="/wiki/John_Volanthen" title="John Volanthen">John Volanthen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Stanton_(cave_diver)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Stanton (cave diver)">Rick Stanton</a> (76 m or 249 ft) in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pair returned again in 2005 to explore the sump to a depth of 90 m (300 ft), setting a new British Isles depth record for cave diving.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHanwellPriceWitcombe2010_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHanwellPriceWitcombe2010-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This record was broken in 2008 by Polish explorer <a href="/wiki/Artur_Koz%C5%82owski_(speleologist)" title="Artur Kozłowski (speleologist)">Artur Kozłowski</a>, then later again by <a href="/wiki/Michal_Marek" class="mw-redirect" title="Michal Marek">Michal Marek</a>, on dives in <a href="/wiki/Pollatoomary" title="Pollatoomary">Pollatoomary</a> in <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-onet-may2019_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-onet-may2019-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Taking advantage of the tunnel driven through to Chamber 20 by the show cave management in 2015, a team began seriously to investigate the leads in that area. One small passage was pushed to a sump that was dived through to Sting Corner in Chamber 24. In 2020 a dry connection was made to the same location.<sup id="cite_ref-descent277_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-descent277-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1996–1997 water samples were collected at various points throughout the caves and showed different chemical compositions. Results showed that the "Unknown Junction", from where water flows to the static sump in the 22nd chamber by a different route from the majority of the River Axe, is upstream of the sump in the 25th.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChapmanGeeKnightsStell1999107–113_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChapmanGeeKnightsStell1999107–113-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Witch_of_Wookey_Hole">Witch of Wookey Hole</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Witch of Wookey Hole"><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:Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG/170px-Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG/255px-Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG/340px-Skeleton_in_Wells_and_Mendip_Museum.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Skeleton in Wells and Mendip Museum labelled as the Witch of Wookey Hole</figcaption></figure> <p>There are old <a href="/wiki/Legend" title="Legend">legends</a> of a "witch of Wookey Hole", which are still preserved in the name of a <a href="/wiki/Stalagmite" title="Stalagmite">stalagmite</a> in the first chamber of the caves. The story has several different versions with the same basic features: </p><p>A man from <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury" title="Glastonbury">Glastonbury</a> is engaged to a young woman from Wookey. A <a href="/wiki/Witch" class="mw-redirect" title="Witch">witch</a> living in Wookey Hole Caves <a href="/wiki/Curse" title="Curse">curses</a> the romance so that it fails. The man, now a <a href="/wiki/Monk" title="Monk">monk</a>, seeks revenge on this witch who—having been jilted herself—frequently spoils budding relationships. The monk stalks the witch into the cave and she hides in a dark corner near one of the underground rivers. The monk <a href="/wiki/Blessing" title="Blessing">blesses</a> the water and splashes some of it at the dark parts of the cave where the witch was hiding. The blessed water immediately <a href="/wiki/Petrified" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrified">petrifies</a> the witch, and she remains in the cave to this day.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198525_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELeete-Hodge198525-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1000-year-old skeleton was discovered in the caves by Balch in 1912, and has also traditionally been linked to the legendary witch, although analysis indicated that they are the remains of a male aged between 25 and 35.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remains have been part of the collection of the <a href="/wiki/Wells_and_Mendip_Museum" title="Wells and Mendip Museum">Wells and Mendip Museum</a>, founded by Balch, since they were excavated, though in 2004 the owner of the caves said that he wanted them to be returned to Wookey Hole.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was partly the legend of the witch that prompted TV's <i><a href="/wiki/Most_Haunted" title="Most Haunted">Most Haunted</a></i> team to visit Wookey Hole Caves and Mill to explore the location in depth, searching for evidence of paranormal activity. The show, which aired on 10 March 2009, was the last episode transmitted in series 11 of the show's run on the satellite and cable TV channel <a href="/wiki/Living_(UK_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Living (UK TV channel)">Living</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, a new actress to play the 'witch' was chosen by Wookey Hole Ltd amid much media interest. Carole Bohanan in the role of Carla Calamity was selected from over 3,000 applicants.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wookey_Hole_Caves&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tourism"><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:Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG/220px-Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG/330px-Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG/440px-Wookey_hole_paper_mill.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3246" data-file-height="1726" /></a><figcaption>The paper mill, dating from around 1860</figcaption></figure> <p>The cave was first opened to the public by the owner Captain <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Hodgkinson" title="Gerard Hodgkinson">G.W. Hodgkinson</a> in 1927 following preparatory work by Balch.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBalch1928193–210_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBalch1928193–210-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Three years later, <a href="/wiki/John_Cowper_Powys" title="John Cowper Powys">John Cowper Powys</a> wrote of the caves in the novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Glastonbury_Romance" title="A Glastonbury Romance">A Glastonbury Romance</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERands1992–199349_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERands1992–199349-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hodgkinson took offence at the portrayal of his fictional equivalent, initiating a costly libel suit.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmith1981–198218_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmith1981–198218-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Paper_mill" title="Paper mill">paper mill</a> building, whose <a href="/wiki/Water_wheel" title="Water wheel">water wheel</a> is powered by a small canal from the river, dates from around 1860 and is a Grade II <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commercial production of handmade paper ceased in February 2008 after owner <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Cottle" title="Gerry Cottle">Gerry Cottle</a> concluded there was no longer a market for the product, and therefore sold most of the historic machinery. Visitors to the site are still able to watch a short video of the paper being made from cotton. Other attractions include the <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> valley, a small museum about the cave and cave diving, a theatre with circus shows, a <a href="/wiki/House_of_mirrors" title="House of mirrors">house of mirrors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penny_arcade" class="mw-redirect" title="Penny arcade">penny arcades</a>. </p><p>In 1956, Olive Hodgkinson, a cave guide whose husband's family owned the caves for over 500 years, was a contestant on <i><a href="/wiki/What%27s_My_Line%3F" title="What's My Line?">What's My Line?</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1950s, the caves were photographed by Stanley Long of <a href="/wiki/VistaScreen" title="VistaScreen">VistaScreen</a>, to be sold as both souvenirs and as mail-order <a href="/wiki/Stereoscopy" title="Stereoscopy">stereoviews</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cave and mill were joined, after purchase, by <a href="/wiki/Madame_Tussauds" title="Madame Tussauds">Madame Tussauds</a> in 1973 and operated together as a tourist attraction until there was a management team buyout in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A collection of fairground art of Wookey Hole was sold in 1997 at <a href="/wiki/Christie%27s" title="Christie's">Christie's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The present owner is the former <a href="/wiki/Circus" title="Circus">circus</a> proprietor Gerry Cottle,<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who has introduced a circus school.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The cave was used for the filming of episodes of the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>: the serial <i><a href="/wiki/Revenge_of_the_Cybermen" title="Revenge of the Cybermen">Revenge of the Cybermen</a></i> (1975) starring <a href="/wiki/Tom_Baker" title="Tom Baker">Tom Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This has since been referenced in the comedy of <i><a href="/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen" title="The League of Gentlemen">The League of Gentlemen</a></i>. The cave was also used in the filming of the British series <i><a href="/wiki/Blake%27s_7" title="Blake's 7">Blake's 7</a></i> (1978) and <i><a href="/wiki/Robin_of_Sherwood" title="Robin of Sherwood">Robin of Sherwood</a></i> (1983).<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The caves were used again for <i>Doctor Who</i> in "<a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Time_(Doctor_Who)" title="The End of Time (Doctor Who)">The End of Time</a>" (2009),<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a scene with the Doctor sharing thoughts and visions with the <a href="/wiki/Ood" title="Ood">Ood</a>. </p><p>In 2005, the museum reported that a <a href="/wiki/Dalek" title="Dalek">Dalek</a> prop had gone missing from its collection, and that they had received a <a href="/wiki/Ransom_note" class="mw-redirect" title="Ransom note">ransom note</a> and a detached plunger from the "Guardians of the Planet Earth". The prop was later recovered from <a href="/wiki/Glastonbury_Tor" title="Glastonbury Tor">Glastonbury Tor</a> after thieves had supposedly considered it "too hot". Cottle denied that this was a publicity stunt.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 August 2006, <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> reported that Barney, a <a href="/wiki/Doberman_Pinscher" class="mw-redirect" title="Doberman Pinscher">Doberman Pinscher</a> employed as a security dog at Wookey Hole, had destroyed parts of a valuable collection of <a href="/wiki/Teddy_bear" title="Teddy bear">teddy bears</a>, including one which had belonged to <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>, which was estimated to be worth £40,000 (<a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">US$</a>75,000). The insurance company insuring the exhibition of stuffed animals had supposedly insisted on having guard dog protection.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cottle later admitted that he had invented this story as a <a href="/wiki/Publicity_stunt" title="Publicity stunt">publicity stunt</a>, and no such bear had ever been owned by the museum.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2009 Cottle turned the Victorian <a href="/wiki/Bowling_green" title="Bowling green">bowling green</a> next to the caves into a <a href="/wiki/Crazy_golf" class="mw-redirect" title="Crazy golf">crazy golf</a> course without first obtaining planning permission.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span 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href="/wiki/Black_Down,_Somerset" title="Black Down, Somerset">Black Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bleadon_Hill" title="Bleadon Hill">Bleadon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burledge_Hill" title="Burledge Hill">Burledge Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Crook Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Axbridge_Hill_and_Fry%27s_Hill" title="Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill">Fry's Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pen_Hill" title="Pen Hill">Pen Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purn_Hill" title="Purn Hill">Purn Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Shute Shelve Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crook_Peak_to_Shute_Shelve_Hill" title="Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill">Wavering Down</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_the_Mendip_Hills" title="Caves of the Mendip Hills">Caves</a> and gorges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attborough_Swallet" title="Attborough Swallet">Attborough Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aveline%27s_Hole" title="Aveline's Hole">Aveline's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shute_Shelve_Cavern" title="Shute Shelve Cavern">Axbridge Ochre Mine</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/Burrington_Combe" title="Burrington Combe">Burrington Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charterhouse_Cave" title="Charterhouse Cave">Charterhouse Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Gorge" title="Cheddar Gorge">Cheddar Gorge</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/Cox%27s_Cave" title="Cox's Cave">Cox's Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastwater_Cavern" title="Eastwater Cavern">Eastwater Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbor_Gorge" title="Ebbor Gorge">Ebbor Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Cave_Quarry" title="Fairy Cave Quarry">Fairy Cave Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GB_Cave" title="GB Cave">GB Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goatchurch_Cavern" title="Goatchurch Cavern">Goatchurch Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gough%27s_Cave" title="Gough's Cave">Gough's Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hunter%27s_Hole" title="Hunter's Hole">Hunter's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_Leer" title="Lamb Leer">Lamb Leer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longwood_Swallet" title="Longwood Swallet">Longwood Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manor_Farm_Swallet" title="Manor Farm Swallet">Manor Farm Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picken%27s_Hole" title="Picken's Hole">Picken's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre%27s_Pot" title="Pierre's Pot">Pierre's Pot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Caves" title="Priddy Caves">Priddy Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Read%27s_Cavern" title="Read's Cavern">Read's Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservoir_Hole" title="Reservoir Hole">Reservoir Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhino_Rift" title="Rhino Rift">Rhino Rift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod%27s_Pot" title="Rod's Pot">Rod's Pot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatter_Cave" title="Shatter Cave">Shatter Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shute_Shelve_Cavern" title="Shute Shelve Cavern">Shute Shelve Cavern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidcot_Swallet" title="Sidcot Swallet">Sidcot Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Cuthbert%27s_Swallet" title="St Cuthbert's Swallet">St Cuthbert's Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Dunstan%27s_Well_Catchment" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Dunstan's Well Catchment">St. Dunstan's Well Catchment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Lane_Slocker" title="Stoke Lane Slocker">Stoke Lane Slocker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swildon%27s_Hole" title="Swildon's Hole">Swildon's Hole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrupe_Lane_Swallet" title="Thrupe Lane Swallet">Thrupe Lane Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyning%27s_Barrow_Swallet" title="Tyning's Barrow Swallet">Tyning's Barrow Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Flood_Swallet" title="Upper Flood Swallet">Upper Flood Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W/L_Cave" title="W/L Cave">W/L Cave</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wookey Hole Caves</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Quarries_of_the_Mendip_Hills" title="Quarries of the Mendip Hills">Quarries</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Batts_Combe_quarry" title="Batts Combe quarry">Batts Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callow_Rock_quarry" title="Callow Rock quarry">Callow Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloford_Quarry" title="Cloford Quarry">Cloford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloud_Quarry" title="Cloud Quarry">Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colemans_Quarry" title="Colemans Quarry">Colemans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cook%27s_Wood_Quarry" title="Cook's Wood Quarry">Cook's Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doulting_Stone_Quarry" title="Doulting Stone Quarry">Doulting Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dulcote_Quarry" title="Dulcote Quarry">Dulcote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emborough_Quarries" title="Emborough Quarries">Emborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairy_Cave_Quarry" title="Fairy Cave Quarry">Fairy Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gurney_Slade_quarry" title="Gurney Slade quarry">Gurney Slade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halecombe" title="Halecombe">Halecombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Quarry_SSSI,_Shepton_Mallet" title="Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet">Hobbs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holwell_Quarries" title="Holwell Quarries">Holwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon%27s_Hill_Quarry" title="Moon's Hill Quarry">Moon's Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torr_Works" title="Torr Works">Torr Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viaduct_Quarry" title="Viaduct Quarry">Viaduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whatley_Quarry" title="Whatley Quarry">Whatley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hill_Quarry" title="Windsor Hill Quarry">Windsor Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest" title="Site of Special Scientific Interest">SSSIs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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 Sleights">Draycott Sleights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebbor_Gorge" title="Ebbor Gorge">Ebbor Gorge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emborough_Quarries" title="Emborough Quarries">Emborough Quarries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harptree_Combe" title="Harptree Combe">Harptree Combe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Quarry_SSSI,_Shepton_Mallet" title="Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet">Hobbs Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holwell_Quarries" title="Holwell Quarries">Holwell Quarries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdown_and_Middledown" title="Kingdown and Middledown">Kingdown and Middledown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_Leer" title="Lamb Leer">Lamb Leer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Caves" title="Priddy Caves">Priddy Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Pools" title="Priddy Pools">Priddy Pools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perch_SSSI" title="Perch SSSI">Perch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Stoke_SSSI" title="Rodney Stoke SSSI">Rodney Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Dunstan%27s_Well_Catchment" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Dunstan's Well Catchment">St. Dunstan's Well Catchment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandpit_Hole_and_Bishop%27s_Lot" title="Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot">Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiplate_Slait" title="Shiplate Slait">Shiplate Slait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viaduct_Quarry" title="Viaduct Quarry">Viaduct Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hill_Quarry" title="Windsor Hill Quarry">Windsor Hill Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wurt_Pit_and_Devil%27s_Punchbowl" title="Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl">Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Circles" title="Priddy Circles">Priddy Circles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Man" 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 Somerset Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mendip_Rail" title="Mendip Rail">Mendip Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mendip_Way" title="Mendip Way">Mendip Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarch%27s_Way" title="Monarch's Way">Monarch's Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Cycle_Route_24" title="National Cycle Route 24">National Cycle Route 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A37_road" title="A37 road">A37 road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A39_road" title="A39 road">A39 road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A368_road" title="A368 road">A368 road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A371_road" title="A371 road">A371 road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bath_and_North_East_Somerset" title="Bath and North East Somerset">Bath and North East Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset" title="North Somerset">North Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Council" title="Somerset Council">Somerset</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Surrounding areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chew_Valley" title="Chew Valley">Chew Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Levels" title="Somerset Levels">Somerset Levels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Somerset_Levels" title="North Somerset Levels">North Somerset Levels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Geological_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Somerset" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" 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Knowle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Anchor_to_Lilstock_Coast_SSSI" title="Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast SSSI">Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brean_Down" title="Brean Down">Brean Down</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/Bruton_Railway_Cutting" class="mw-redirect" title="Bruton Railway Cutting">Bruton Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheddar_Complex" title="Cheddar Complex">Cheddar Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloford_Quarry" title="Cloford Quarry">Cloford Quarry</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/Doulting_Railway_Cutting" title="Doulting Railway Cutting">Doulting Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emborough_Quarries" title="Emborough Quarries">Emborough Quarries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenthorne" title="Glenthorne">Glenthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godminster_Lane_Quarry_and_Railway_Cutting" title="Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting">Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greylake" title="Greylake">Greylake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ham_Hill,_Somerset" title="Ham Hill, Somerset">Ham Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobbs_Quarry_SSSI,_Shepton_Mallet" title="Hobbs Quarry SSSI, Shepton Mallet">Hobbs Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holwell_Quarries" title="Holwell Quarries">Holwell Quarries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurcott_Farm" title="Hurcott Farm">Hurcott Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurcott_Lane_Cutting" title="Hurcott Lane Cutting">Hurcott Lane Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamb_Leer" title="Lamb Leer">Lamb Leer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Langport_Railway_Cutting" title="Langport Railway Cutting">Langport Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laycock_Railway_Cutting" title="Laycock Railway Cutting">Laycock Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leighton_Road_Cutting" title="Leighton Road Cutting">Leighton Road Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Low_Ham" title="Low Ham">Low Ham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maes_Down" title="Maes Down">Maes Down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maesbury_Railway_Cutting" title="Maesbury Railway Cutting">Maesbury Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miller%27s_Hill,_Milborne_Wick" title="Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick">Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moon%27s_Hill_Quarry" title="Moon's Hill Quarry">Moon's Hill Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Caves" title="Priddy Caves">Priddy Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priddy_Pools" title="Priddy Pools">Priddy Pools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Stoke_SSSI" title="Rodney Stoke SSSI">Rodney Stoke SSSI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandpit_Hole_and_Bishop%27s_Lot" title="Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot">Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seavington_St._Mary_SSSI,_Somerset" title="Seavington St. Mary SSSI, Somerset">Seavington St Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shepton_Montague_Railway_Cutting" title="Shepton Montague Railway Cutting">Shepton Montague Railway Cutting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Snowdon_Hill_Quarry" title="Snowdon Hill Quarry">Snowdon Hill Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Dunstan%27s_Well_Catchment" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Dunstan's Well Catchment">St. Dunstan's Well Catchment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrupe_Lane_Swallet" title="Thrupe Lane Swallet">Thrupe Lane Swallet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vallis_Vale" title="Vallis Vale">Vallis Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viaduct_Quarry" title="Viaduct Quarry">Viaduct Quarry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Hill_Quarry" title="Windsor Hill Quarry">Windsor Hill Quarry</a></li> <li><a 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