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Stoke Lane Slocker (grid reference ST66874745) is a cave near Stoke St Michael in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills in the English county of Somerset. It is 2.18 km in length and reaches a depth of 30m.It was previously known as Stoke Lane Swallet but now the local name is preferred. The origin of the word Slocker is obscure possibly from slock meaning to entice or lure away although the Gaelic word for swallow hole is sluighaire.

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