Cox's cave
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Cox's cave (grid reference ST46465390) is in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It is open to the public as a show cave.
It is named after mill-owner George Cox in 1837, after one of his workmen fell through a hole in the roof while collecting rocks for a new building.[1][2]
The cave consists of seven small grottoes, joined by low archways. One section of the cave is known as the Home of the Rainbow, where traces of minerals have been brought in from the surface, and have given the stalagmite a wide range of colour, from nearly black, green, and orange to pure white. The famous French speleologist, Édouard-Alfred Martel, visited this cave and declared that "out of 600 caves, Cox's was admired the most".[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Cox's Cave. Cheddar Caves. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
- ^ Johnson, Peter (1967). The History of Mendip Caving. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- ^ The Caves of Cheddar Gorge. Show Caves of Britain. Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
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