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White Spot Cave
Hob Uid: 194738
Location : Somerset Sedgemoor Cheddar
Grid Ref : ST4739054420
Summary : A cave, its entrance located in the foot of a cliff a short distance up Cheddar Gorge from Priddy Hole Slitter. The cave apparently consists of a "lofty fissure". A former guide to Gough's Cave (ST 45 SE 10) informed an Ordnance Survey field investigator of "a tiny opening through which only a boy could pass, within which, on a ledge, stood a little pot which fell to pieces when touched". The cave in question is believed to have been White Spot Cave.
More information : Cave, consisting of a lofty fissure. Painter tells of a tiny opening which only a boy could pass, winthin which, on a ledge, stood a little pot which fell to pieces when touched. (1) The pot seems to have been found in White Spot Cave. Its entrance is in the foot of the cliff a short distance up the Gorge from Priddy Hole Slitter at ST 47395442. Mr. C. Painter, the son of the late Mr. V. Painter, says that the pot was found about half way along the fissure, but he thinks that the ledge has been destroyed. Surveyed at 1:2500. (2)

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Source details : Balch, HE. 1947. Mendip: Cheddar,its Gorge and Caves, p.51.
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Source Number : 1a
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Source details : V. Painter, [Guide, Goughs Cave.]
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : F1 GHP 24-MAR-66
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Source Number : 2b
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Source details : C. Painter (Guide, Gough's Cavern).
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Source Number : 2c
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Source details : Stanton, WI. 1965. Map of the Caves of Cheddar Gorge.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Later Prehistoric
Display Date : Later Prehistoric
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -4000
Monument Type : Cave
Evidence : Enhanced Natural Feature

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Cave
Evidence : Enhanced Natural Feature

Components and Objects:

Period : Later Prehistoric
Component Monument Type : Cave
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Period : Uncertain
Component Monument Type : Cave
Object Type : VESSEL
Object Material : Pottery

Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 45 SE 59
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1966-03-24
End Date : 1966-03-24

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White Spot Cave