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| Chedder-hole | |
|---|---|
| Lost Cave of Cheddar | |
| Location | Mendip Hills |
| OS grid | ST 4710 5427 |
| Discovery | Antiquity (now lost) |
| Geology | Limestone |
| Entrances | 1 |
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
edit- ^ Irwin, Dave (December 1999). "THE LOST CAVES OF MENDIP". Belfry Bulletin (505). Bristol Exploration Club: 8. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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]
External links
edit- Thomas Arnold, ed. (1879). Henrici archidiaconi huntendunensis Historia Anglorum. The history of the English, by Henry, archeacon of Huntingdon, from A.C. 55 to A.D. 1154, in eight books. Edited by Thomas Arnold ... Published by the authority of the lords commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, under the direction of the master of the rolls (in Latin). London: Longman & co. p. 12.