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Tyning's Barrow Swallet
Location Cheddar
Depth 132 m (433 ft)
Length 1.29 km (4,200 ft)
Geology Limestone
Access locked
Cave survey
  • 1. Bracknell CC (overlaid on map)
  • 2. Mendip Cave Registry and Archive

Tyning's Barrow Swallet is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is close to GB Cave and also to Charterhouse Cave, the deepest cave in the region.

Tyning's Barrow Swallet is 1.29 km (4,200 ft) in length and reaches a depth of 132 m (433 ft).

Access

The entrance is kept locked, and the key is available from the nearby farmhouse on payment of small goodwill fee.

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