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Swildon's Hole Cavern

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Swildon's Hole Cavern
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Swildon's Hole Cavern is a limestone cave formed through dissolution processes typical of karst landscapes. It has historical significance as part of the Cheddar Gorge cave system, with archaeological finds indicating human use dating back to the Mesolithic period.

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Swildon's Hole Cavern is shown as a cave on the public map of Somerset. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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