Monday 31 May 2010

somerset,england,uk

Caves of Somerset; Wookey Hole Caves, Cheddar Gorge, Caves of the Mendip Hills, Gough's Cave, Swildon's Hole, St Cuthbert's SwalletWookey Hole; its caves and cave dwellers,
cheddar gorge caves
Wookey hole,near wells

morayshire/council,scotland,uk

Sculptor's cave
sea cave,used as a prehistoric temple

yorkshire,england,uk

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Forbidden corner,tipton park
tunnels and chambers etc

White scar,near ingleborough
has thousands of stalactites and underground waterfalls

derbyshire,england,uk

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Blue john cavern,castleton
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Cresswell crags
palaeolithic cave paintings were found here in 2003,only known site of such paintings in england.
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speedwell cavern,castleton
has fluorspar
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Treak cliff cavern,castleton
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Argyll and bute region,scotland

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Ben cruachan power station is in a cavern within ben cruachan.
entry;adults:£6/children ;£5
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cave behind carsaig waterfall,mull
has views to the island of jura
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highland region,scotland,uk

Caves of Scotland Except AssyntScotland Underground: Caver's Guide to the Limestone Caves of ScotlandCaves of Assynt (The limestone caves of Scotland)

Inchnadamph bone caves,north of ullapool
remains of lynx,wolves,bears and arctic foxes have been found inside

Massacre cave,eigg
strewn with slippery boulders

smoo cave,durness
evidence of prehistoric human occupation

hertfordshire,england,uk

An Investigation of Royston Cave
Royston cave
possibly dating from 13th century
has a lot of carvings including st katherine holding a wheel on which tradition says  she was martyred.

nottinghamshire,england,uk

Sandstone Caves of Nottingham
Beneath nottingham city centre are about 400 man-made tunnels dating from anglo-saxon times.

devon,england,uk

   
Beer caves
underground quarry,first used by the romans about  AD 47,later used by smugglers.
Between march and november,bats hibernate here.

chudleigh cavern
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Ilfracombe
tunnels
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kents cavern
over 500,000 years of human history
pridhamsleigh

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reeds cave

subterranean travel and places,merseyside,england,uk

Edge Hill, Liverpool: Williamson Tunnels, Edge Hill Railway Station, Wapping Tunnel, Edge Hill, Merseyside, Crown Street Railway Station
Williamson's tunnels,edge hill
corridors etc

subterranean travel and places,powys,wales/cymru, uk

Limestones and Caves of Wales
CAVES IN WALES & THE MARCHES
King's arthur's labyrinth,machynlleth
Old mine caverns have been converted into a place where the legend of king arthur is brought to life.

Ogof ffynnon ddu

ogof y daren has varous features including The Time Machine,britain's largest cave passage,pure white stalactite and a branching helictite called the bonsai tree.
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Thursday 20 May 2010

subterranean travel and places,murcia region,spain

Cueva de los aviones,near cartenga
three perforated cockleshell with pigments

subterranean travel and places,ardeche department,france


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Chauvet cave ,pont-d'arc
this cave has items from the aurignacian and gravettian culture.
There are 30,000 year old paintings of aurochs, horses, rhinoceros, lions,mammoths,deer,bears, an owl and a panther.
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subterranean travel and places,yonne department,france

Les industries mousteriennes de la grotte de l'Hyene a Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne) (Supplement a Gallia prehistoire) (French Edition)
Grotte du renne,arcy-sur-cure
Neanderthal remains were found here.
Bone tools and ivory ornaments dating from the chatelperronian culture about 40,000 years ago