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boss. Next is the Great Chamber which is 30 metres (98 ft) high and 20 metres (66 ft) across, and contains some formations. A passage from the roof of the Great Chamber leads to the St Valentine Series of passages, a number of which are well decorated.
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In 1974, an un-lifelined caver fell off a ladder in Lamb Leer Cavern, and a novice caver who was at the bottom of the ladder was badly injured, resulting in legal action against the caving club for damages.
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Several explanations have been suggested for the origin of the name. One links to an old name for the area which was "Lambden". An alternative suggestion is that in the 1670s miners spoke of
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The system is dry, lying well above the present day water-table, and it is thought that the passages may well have originated before the Ice Age (
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in 1983. The cavern is a fragment of a very ancient major cave system which now contains one of the largest chambers in the Mendip Hills.
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The entrance shaft is known as Beaumont Shaft. The first large chamber encountered is The Beehive which contains a large
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word "leer" which means void and may have been introduced by German miners. A more likely explanation is from the
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to study the record of the changing environmental conditions which occurred over this long period of time.
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was in place across the Great Chamber. Additional chambers were discovered in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Lamb Leer Cavern was first found by miners looking for lead around 1676, and in 1681, the
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Period) began. Sediments preserved in the caves are important as they allow
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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Belfry Bulletin: Journal of the Bristol Exploration Club
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Access to this cave is not permitted by the landowner.
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Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1983
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Index

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Lamb Leer is located in Somerset
Location
Grid reference
ST544550
Coordinates
51°17′32″N 2°39′19″W / 51.2923°N 2.6553°W / 51.2923; -2.6553
Notification
Natural England website
West Harptree
OS grid
ST54325506
grid reference
ST544550
hectare
geological Site of Special Scientific Interest
East Harptree
Priddy
Mendip Hills
Somerset
notified
German
Anglo-Saxon
geologist
John Beaumont
pit caving
cablecar
Pleistocene
geologists
stalagmite

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