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previously thought to be part of a man-made structure were shown to be natural geological formations. Investigators found no evidence of the
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Mckerrow, William Stuart (February 1953). "Variation in the Terebratulacea of the Fuller's Earth Rock".
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in Somerset and summits at 585 feet (178 m) above sea level. The hill's name derives from
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Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and the Museum of Economic Geology in London
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is an English, landmark, rounded hill with a flat top close to the
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The Bristol region in the sub-Roman and early Anglo-Saxon periods
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described in 18th century descriptions. Nevertheless in 1975,
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Appendix 8 Rural Landscapes of Bath and North East Somerset
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It has been speculated Duncorn Hill had been the site of a
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The northern slopes of Duncorn Hill, as seen from SE of
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Geology of East Somerset and the Bristol coal-fields
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Duncorn Hill is located in Somerset
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Fosse Way
limestone
Bath
Celtic
fort
horn

Wilmington
bedrock
Great Oolite Group
fuller's earth
fossil shellfish
Bronze
Iron Age
hill fort
scarps
cairns
Ralph Whitlock
Appendix 8 Rural Landscapes of Bath and North East Somerset
the original
cite book
help
Woodward, Horace Bolingbroke
The Jurassic rocks of Britain
Geological Survey of Great Britain
Archived
Geological Survey of Great Britain
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