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when the company was notified that it should tighten up procedures at the site. Quicklime dust is a health hazard, which in large quantities can cause skin irritation and damage to the eyes and throat. In March 2009 however the lime kiln closed, supposedly indefinitely, following a drop in demand
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It has been operating since the early 20th century and is currently owned and operated by
Singleton Birch Ltd. The output in 2005 was around 4,000 tonnes of limestone per day, one third of which was supplied to an on-site lime kiln, the remainder being sold as coated or dusted aggregates. The
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dust was escaping into the atmosphere. The kiln, which produced 200,000 tonnes of quicklime a year for use in the steel industry, required £300,000 of investment to resolve the problems. The closure followed an earlier warning from the
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to breed, and monitored with the help of pupils from
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67:limestone at this site is close to 99%
148:. Newton Abbott: David & Charles.
1349:Limestone mines in the United Kingdom
16:Limestone quarry in Somerset, England
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967:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
237:from the original on 6 February 2007
170:"Quarry kiln closed over dust fears"
1163:King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
14:
260:Data for this mine at mindat.org
96:from the site's sole customer,
1022:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
195:"Jobs may go as kiln is closed"
1117:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
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1097:Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
1344:Quarries in the Mendip Hills
1255:Bath and North East Somerset
1092:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
937:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
771:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
125:Quarries of the Mendip Hills
103:There is some evidence of a
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1012:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
656:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
1219:National Cycle Route 24
1153:Charterhouse Roman Town
1062:Kingdown and Middledown
791:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
228:Somerset County Council
144:Atthill, Robin (1976).
113:Wells Cathedral School
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1291:North Somerset Levels
1188:East Somerset Railway
766:St Cuthbert's Swallet
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1183:Cheddar Valley line
1178:Somerset Coal Canal
1143:Drove Cottage Henge
1112:Windsor Hill Quarry
952:Barns Batch Spinney
947:Banwell Ochre Caves
796:Upper Flood Swallet
786:Thrupe Lane Swallet
756:Shute Shelve Cavern
636:Banwell Ochre Caves
626:Axbridge Ochre Mine
470:Westbury-sub-Mendip
146:Mendip: A new study
1173:Somerset Coalfield
1042:Emborough Quarries
1017:Cook's Wood Quarry
776:Stoke Lane Slocker
711:Manor Farm Swallet
616:Attborough Swallet
93:Environment Agency
33:Batts Combe quarry
30:
1354:Cheddar, Somerset
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1274:Surrounding areas
1032:Draycott Sleights
992:Cheddar Reservoir
982:Chancellor's Farm
806:Wookey Hole Caves
686:Goatchurch Cavern
676:Fairy Cave Quarry
646:Charterhouse Cave
592:Shute Shelve Hill
536:Litton Reservoirs
526:Cheddar Reservoir
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1320:51.292°N 2.778°W
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1057:Holwell Quarries
1002:Chew Valley Lake
977:Burrington Combe
706:Longwood Swallet
666:Eastwater Cavern
641:Burrington Combe
531:Chew Valley Lake
489:Rivers and lakes
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987:Cheddar Complex
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1087:Rodney Stoke
1077:Priddy Pools
1072:Priddy Caves
1052:Hobbs Quarry
997:Cheddar Wood
962:Bleadon Hill
957:Blagdon Lake
914:Windsor Hill
874:Gurney Slade
823:
751:Shatter Cave
726:Priddy Caves
721:Pierre's Pot
691:Gough's Cave
562:Bleadon Hill
521:Blagdon Lake
425:Rodney Stoke
345:Charterhouse
296:Mendip Hills
239:. Retrieved
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203:. Retrieved
199:the original
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177:. Retrieved
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57:Mendip Hills
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1281:Chew Valley
1204:Mendip Rail
1138:Cheddar Man
1037:Ebbor Gorge
894:Moon's Hill
849:Cook's Wood
829:Callow Rock
824:Batts Combe
671:Ebbor Gorge
501:Cheddar Yeo
480:Wookey Hole
303:Settlements
241:11 February
179:11 February
174:Minerals UK
63:, England.
1338:Categories
1308:51°17′31″N
1209:Mendip Way
932:Asham Wood
899:Torr Works
869:Fairy Cave
741:Rhino Rift
661:Cox's Cave
609:and gorges
577:Fry's Hill
572:Crook Peak
557:Black Down
506:River Chew
455:Webbington
340:Burrington
131:References
105:Bronze Age
1311:2°46′41″W
1239:A371 road
1234:A368 road
1197:Transport
1158:Fosse Way
1067:Lamb Leer
879:Halecombe
864:Emborough
746:Rod's Pot
701:Lamb Leer
587:Purn Hill
511:River Yeo
496:River Axe
475:Winscombe
430:Rowberrow
360:Churchill
88:quicklime
77:magnesium
69:carbonate
46:limestone
1265:Somerset
1248:Councils
1229:A39 road
1224:A37 road
844:Colemans
816:Quarries
801:W/L Cave
582:Pen Hill
435:Sandford
380:Draycott
315:Axbridge
232:Archived
205:29 March
119:See also
81:dolomite
61:Somerset
41:ST460550
1126:History
909:Whatley
904:Viaduct
889:Holwell
859:Dulcote
834:Cloford
681:GB Cave
445:Shipham
415:Oakhill
350:Cheddar
335:Bleadon
330:Blagdon
320:Banwell
310:Ashwick
109:dormice
73:calcium
53:Cheddar
420:Priddy
410:Litton
400:Hutton
390:Easton
152:
49:quarry
1082:Perch
924:SSSIs
884:Hobbs
839:Cloud
607:Caves
545:Hills
460:Wells
450:Ubley
375:Cross
235:(PDF)
224:(PDF)
98:Corus
44:is a
243:2007
207:2009
181:2007
150:ISBN
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