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Place Name	Speedwell Cavern
Place Type	Natural/Geological Feature
Parish	Castleton
Grid Ref	SK1382
Hundred	Europe
County	Derbyshire
Country	United Kingdom, England
Notes	A natural limestone cavern and former lead mine near Castleton in the White Peak area of the Peak District National Park. Created in the eighteenth century as a drainage adit for lead mining, it is accessed by an underground canal and is renowned for the flooded chamber known as the Bottomless Pit. Today it is one of the Peak District's principal showcaves and visitor attractions.

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