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Wardlow Mires Swallet

Stats

Grade-
Length
Depth
Altitude242
Location53.2766 -1.7344
OS NGRSK 17810 75542

Feature

  • Dig
CROW SSSI
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Location

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Entrance of Wardlow Mires Swallet

Access

No known access restrictions. Obvious water-sink in wet ground on the shale inlier, a few metres to the south of the road, near the Three Stags Heads public house.

References

Beck, J.S. (1978), , Bull. P.D.M.H.S. Vol.7. No.2., pp.106-115., Peak District Mines Historical Society
Barker, I. & Beck, J.S. (2010), , Caves of the Peak District, p. 309, DCA

Gallery

Cressbrook Dale near Neptune Mine in winter flood from a resurging Wardlow Mires Swallet
Wardlow Mires Swallet / Cressbrook Dale near Neptune Mine in winter flood from a resurging Wardlow Mires Swallet
Swallet/Resurgence
Wardlow Mires Swallet / Swallet/Resurgence
Upper end of Cressbrook Dale in winter flood from a resurging Wardlow Mires Swallet
Wardlow Mires Swallet / Upper end of Cressbrook Dale in winter flood from a resurging Wardlow Mires Swallet