Tyning’s Barrow Swallet
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave
- Also known as: “Tyning’s Barrows Swallet”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include GB Cave and Charterhouse Cave.
GB Cave
Cave
Photo: Nick Chipchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
GB Cave is a cave between Charterhouse and Shipham in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first entered on 19 November 1939, after ten months of digging, by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society, and was named in recognition of the two members, F. GB Cave is situated 1,600 feet east of Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
Charterhouse Cave
Cave
Charterhouse Cave, on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, is the deepest cave in southern England. Charterhouse Cave is situated 2,100 feet east of Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
Mendips Raceway
Stadium
Mendips Raceway is a motorsport venue in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is located on the rim of Batts Combe quarry between Shipham and Charterhouse. Mendips Raceway is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Black Down and Rowberrow.
Black Down
Locality
Photo: Jsommer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley.
Rowberrow
Hamlet
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Rowberrow is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Shipham in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. Rowberrow is situated 1½ miles northwest of Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
Burrington
Village
Photo: Rodw, Public domain.
Burrington is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated in the unitary authority of North Somerset, just off the A368 between Blagdon and Churchill. Burrington is situated 2 miles north of Tyning’s Barrow Swallet.
Tyning’s Barrow Swallet
- Category: landform
- Location: Cheddar, Sedgemoor District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.30412° or 51° 18′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.7599° or 2° 45′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C3V863R+J2OpenStreetMap ID
node 413553756OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q7860555
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