Drunkard’s Hole

Drunkard’s Hole is a cave in England, United Kingdom. Drunkard’s Hole is situated nearby to the cave Bos Swallet, as well as near Rod’s Pot.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rod’s Pot and Aveline’s Hole.

Rod’s Pot

Cave

Photo: Tomasz Tocataco, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rod's Pot is a limestone cave above Burrington Combe in the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave was first excavated in 1944 by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society.

Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain, 10,200 and 10,400 years old, was found at Aveline's Hole, constituting the largest assemblage of Mesolithic human remains found in Britain. Aveline’s Hole is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Drunkard’s Hole.

Read’s Cavern

Cave

Read's Cavern is a cave at Burrington Combe, Somerset, England, in which traces of Iron Age occupation have been found. It lies under Dolebury Hill. Its large main chamber has a boulder ruckle floor and is parallel to a cliff face. Read’s Cavern is situated 1,100 feet west of Drunkard’s Hole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burrington and Black Down.

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.

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.

Drunkard’s Hole

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.32224° or 51° 19′ 20″ north

Longitude

-2.75995° or 2° 45′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C3V86CR+V2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 600671470

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bos Swallet and Bath Swallet.

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