Redhouse Lane Swallet - Gloucestershire and Wye Valley Registry Site Details

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Redhouse Lane Swallet

An active streamway cave where the water is piped through the entrance. A gated entrance shaft leads to a series of climbs, rifts and small chambers. The main stream is followed through generally stooping and crawling passages and two low ducks until walking size passage is met. The cave contains some large chambers and dry fossil cave at the far end.

An inlet series can be followed upstream from near the end which is flooded for much of its length in chin deep canals and contains unstable boulder chokes.

Notes: WARNINGS: The duck in main stream and and the end inlet streamway are liable to flooding. If the main stream diversion is removed then the second canal may flood to the roof.

Links and Resources:

RFDCC N/L No.36 BCRA Bull.15 Caves & Limestones of South Wales (D J Lowe) Chapter 10 Thanks from Gloucester - Nick Negus - Descent 101 (1991) Jnl.Ashford SS.49 (Oct 1991) ASS Scientific Work in 1990-1991 - Ray Gilson - Jnl.Ashford SS.49 (1991) and N/L RFDCC No.108 (1992) Civil Engineering at Redhouse Swallet - Paul Taylor - Descent 103 (1991) Jnl.Ashford SS.51 (Jan 1992) 55.(Oct 1992) Descent 104 (1992) The Preliminary Survey of Redhouse Swallet PT JE AM TG JB AH SG MF EM AT (Nov 1992) Report on Redhouse Swallet, December 1992 - Tim Gilson (A.S.S. 1992) Descent 109 (1992) Special Redhouse Issue, Jnl.Ashford SS.57 (Jan 1993) (Tim Gilson) RFDCC N/L No.110 Redhouse Swallet - 1km and Still Going - Descent 110 (1993) Jnl.Ashford SS.59 (May 1993) PVRs Tim Gilson (Digging Team) (1991/3) International Caver No.6 (P.42) (1993) Descent 112 (1993) BCRA Caves & Caving No.60 (P.28) (1993)

NGR:	SO 57326 14992
WGS84:	51.83190, -2.62068
Length:	1800 m
Depth:	40 m
Altitude:	125 m
Tags:	Cave, Sink
Registry:	main