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.- 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
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
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
Burrington
Village
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″ north
Longitude
-2.7599° or 2° 45′ 36″ west
Open location code
9C3V863R+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
Wikidata ID
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include barrow and barrow.
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