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Chedder-hole
Lost Cave of Cheddar
LocationMendip Hills
OS gridST 4710 5427
DiscoveryAntiquity (now lost)
GeologyLimestone
Entrances1

The Lost Cave of Cheddar is a cave (Chedder-hole) mentioned in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum.[1]

The third is at Chedder-hole, where there is a cavern which many people have entered, and have traversed a great distance under ground, crossing subterraneous streams, without finding any end of the cavern ...

— Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum, p8[2]

The Wookey Hole Cave is believed by some to be the cave.[3]


References

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  1. ^ Irwin, Dave (December 1999). "THE LOST CAVES OF MENDIP". Belfry Bulletin (505). Bristol Exploration Club: 8. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  2. ^ Thomas Forester, ed. (1853). The chronicle of Henry of Huntingdon. Comprising the history of England, from the invasion of Julius Cæsar to the accession of Henry II. Also, The acts of Stephen, king of England and duke of Normandy. Tr. and ed. by Thomas Forester... London: H. G. Bohn. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Lost Cave of Cheddar". MCRA Registry. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  • Balch, Herbert E., 1935, Mendip - Cheddar, its Gorge and Caves. Wells: Clare, Son & Co., Ltd. The Cathedral Press. [p.23]
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Category:Caves of the Mendip Hills Category:Limestone caves