Read's Cavern, Mendips

Name: Read's Cavern
Address: Mendips, United Kingdom

#17 among attractions in Mendips

Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Read's Cavern is a cave at Burrington Combe, Somerset, England, in which traces of Iron Age occupation have been found. It lies under Dolbury Hill. Its large main chamber has a boulder ruckle floor and is parallel to a cliff face. The cave was excavated by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society in the 1920s, when relics of Iron Age occupation were found. ()

Length: 4016 ftDepth: 203 ftCoordinates: 51°19'21"N, 2°45'53"W

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Mendips United Kingdom

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Read's Cavern – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bos Swallet, East Twin Swallet, Bath Swallet, Aveline's Hole.

~910 ftE
Cave
Bos Swallet, Mendips
5 min walk • Bos Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. It is noted for being rather steep, with a length of 78 metres and a depth of 42 metres.
0.7 miE
Cave
East Twin Swallet, Mendips
19 min walk • East Twin Swallet also known as Upper Twin Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave is not very stable. The floor is strewn with boulders under which the stream normally flows.
~1420 ftE
Cave
Bath Swallet, Mendips
7 min walk • Bath Swallet is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. On Wednesday 19th September 2007 members of the Wessex Cave Club and Cheddar Caving Club succeeded in connecting Bath Swallet and Rod's Pot.
0.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Aveline's Hole, Mendips
13 min walk • 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.
0.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goatchurch Cavern, Mendips
13 min walk • Goatchurch Cavern is a cave on the edge of Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England.
1.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Black Down, Mendips
32 min walk • 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.
0.6 miE
Geologic formation, Park, Archaeological site
Burrington Combe, Cheddar
16 min walk • Burrington Combe is a Carboniferous Limestone gorge near the village of Burrington, on the north side of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in North Somerset, England.
~1060 ftE
Cave
Drunkard's Hole, Mendips
6 min walk • Drunkard's Hole is a karst cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England.
~1270 ftE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Rod's Pot, Mendips
7 min walk • 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.
1.2 miW
Forts and castles
Dolebury Warren
31 min walk • Dolebury Warren is a 90.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and ancient monument near the villages of Churchill and Rowberrow in North Somerset, part of South West England. It is owned by the National Trust, who acquired the freehold in 1983, and managed by the Avon Wildlife Trust.
0.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Sidcot Swallet, Mendips
12 min walk • Sidcot Swallet is a cave near Burrington Combe, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It was named after the Sidcot School Speleological Society who explored it in 1925.

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Which popular attractions are close to Read's Cavern?

Nearby attractions include Bos Swallet, Mendips (5 min walk), Drunkard's Hole, Mendips (6 min walk), Rod's Pot, Mendips (7 min walk), Bath Swallet, Mendips (7 min walk).