The rather strange poem that describes Captain Sturmy's descent and meeting with the Goblin of the Cave can be found on this page.
Further Reading
Information about this and many other local caves can be found on the excellent resource provided by the Mendip Cave Registry and Archive. This includes more photographs and a comprehensive bibliography.
More Pictures
A set of excellent photographs taken by Steve Sharp in the Main Chamber can be found on this site.
The books and papers referred to on this site, mainly in the History and Geology sections are listed here, along with other articles about the site. Links are given, where known.
ALABASTER, C. 1982. Journal of the Somerset Mines Research Group.1. 4. p.28.
ANON 1843. Felix Farley's Bristol Journal. Saturday April 29. p.4.c.3.
ANON 1876. West Country Legends: A Collection of Traditionary and Superstitious Stores of the West of England and Wales. No. XXXVI. THE GOBLIN'S CURSE. A Legend of Pen-park Hole, near Bristol. Bristol Mercury and Daily Post. Saturday September 27. p.6 c4.
ANON 1883. Daily Bristol Times and Mirror. 5 May, p.2. c.2.
HUNT, R. 1978. A Historical Sketch of British Mining. Wakefield. EP Publishing. p.137.
HUTTON, R. 1989. Charles the Second. Oxford University Press.
H. V. 1911. The Mysteries of Pen-Park Hole. Bristol Times and Mirror. May 29.
J.K.L. 1968. Dictionary of National Biography.IV. Oxford University Press. p.823. reprinted 1968.
KELLAWAY, G.A. 1967. The Geological Survey Ashton Park Borehole and its Bearing on the Geology of the Bristol District. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.27. pp.49-154.
KELLAWAY, G.A. and WELCH, F.B.A. in litt. The Geology of the Bristol and Somerset Coalfield. Memoirs of the British Geological Survey.
LATIMER, J. 1887. The Annals of Bristol in the Nineteenth Century. Bristol. W. & F. Morgan p.269.
LOWTHORP, J. 1705. Philosophical Collections to the end of 1700. Abridged. 2. pp.370-1.
MANWARING, G.E. 1924. Captain Samuel Sturmy. Mariner's Mirror.10. pp.395-9.