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Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Britain's oldest complete human skeleton , Cheddar Man , estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. [ 1 ]
Reservoir Hole is a cave in Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, southwest England. It contains what is believed to be the largest chamber yet found under the Mendip Hills.. The cave was first dug out in 1951 by members of Wessex Cave Club, and further progress was made in 1965 when "Moonmilk Chamber" was reached with the use of blasting.
Cox's Cave is in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.It is open to the public as a show cave.. The cave is named after mill owner George Cox who discovered it in 1837, while quarrying limestone for a new building.
Gough's Cave (/ ɡ ɒ f / GOF) is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m (377 ft) deep and is 3.405 km (2.12 mi) long, [2] and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. It contains the Cheddar Yeo, the largest underground river system in Britain. [3]
Cheddar Reservoir is an artificial reservoir in Somerset, England, operated by Bristol Water. Dating from the 1930s it has a capacity of 1350 million gallons (6,140,000 cubic metres). The reservoir is supplied with water taken from the Cheddar Yeo river in Cheddar Gorge. The inlet grate for the 54 inches (1.4 m) water pipe that is used to ...
Cheddar Gorge is Britain’s largest gorge and probably the country’s best known limestone feature. It is a spectacular fluvial feature with a geomorphic history extending back 2 million years and encompassing the major environmental changes of the Pleistocene period. Cheddar Caves contain both active and fossil systems.
The Cheddar Yeo is a small river in Somerset, England. [1] Beneath the limestone of the Mendip Hills it forms the largest underground river system in Britain. [ 2 ] After emerging into Cheddar Gorge it flows through the village of Cheddar, where it has been used in the past to power mills.
The resurgence at the bottom of Cheddar Gorge is the largest on Mendip, and the cave system behind it, with which those caves are associated, are amongst the most important in the country. Incidentally, with reference to the caves that are mentioned in the article, what does the phrase "Both are known for their geology" refer to?