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limestone beneath, representing two types of rocks laid down millions of years apart, the intervening sediments having been eroded away before the
Jurassic strata were laid down. It has a high level of water absorption and porosity.
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The stone quarried at
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332:. Usk: Blackbarn Books. pp. 86–91.
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97:at the division between the oolite and
155:. Mendip District Council. August 2006
150:"Doulting Conservation Area Appraisal"
354:"Technical Data Sheet Doulting Stone"
16:Limestone quarry in Somerset, England
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1119:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
117:, such as the fortified gate called
1315:King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
407:The Doulting Stone Quarry web site
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76:Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation
28:stone being quarried at Doulting
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1269:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
113:, and other structures in the
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177:. Christina White Photography
1496:Quarries in the Mendip Hills
1407:Bath and North East Somerset
1244:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
1089:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
923:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
131:Quarries of the Mendip Hills
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328:Haslett, Simon K. (2010).
1164:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
808:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
1371:National Cycle Route 24
1305:Charterhouse Roman Town
1214:Kingdown and Middledown
943:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
282:"Doulting Stone Quarry"
260:"Doulting Stone Quarry"
109:and the west façade of
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412:Ham and Doulting Stone
284:. External Works Index
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1443:North Somerset Levels
1340:East Somerset Railway
918:St Cuthbert's Swallet
308:Doulting Stone Quarry
204:Doulting Stone Quarry
33:Doulting Stone Quarry
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1501:Geology of Somerset
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1335:Cheddar Valley line
1330:Somerset Coal Canal
1295:Drove Cottage Henge
1264:Windsor Hill Quarry
1104:Barns Batch Spinney
1099:Banwell Ochre Caves
948:Upper Flood Swallet
938:Thrupe Lane Swallet
908:Shute Shelve Cavern
788:Banwell Ochre Caves
778:Axbridge Ochre Mine
622:Westbury-sub-Mendip
1325:Somerset Coalfield
1194:Emborough Quarries
1169:Cook's Wood Quarry
928:Stoke Lane Slocker
863:Manor Farm Swallet
768:Attborough Swallet
262:. Stone Specialist
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1144:Cheddar Reservoir
1134:Chancellor's Farm
958:Wookey Hole Caves
838:Goatchurch Cavern
828:Fairy Cave Quarry
798:Charterhouse Cave
744:Shute Shelve Hill
688:Litton Reservoirs
678:Cheddar Reservoir
210:on 14 August 2013
175:"Doulting Quarry"
107:Glastonbury Abbey
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858:Longwood Swallet
818:Eastwater Cavern
793:Burrington Combe
683:Chew Valley Lake
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1204:Hobbs Quarry
1149:Cheddar Wood
1114:Bleadon Hill
1109:Blagdon Lake
1066:Windsor Hill
1026:Gurney Slade
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903:Shatter Cave
878:Priddy Caves
873:Pierre's Pot
843:Gough's Cave
714:Bleadon Hill
673:Blagdon Lake
577:Rodney Stoke
497:Charterhouse
448:Mendip Hills
387:. Retrieved
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1433:Chew Valley
1356:Mendip Rail
1290:Cheddar Man
1189:Ebbor Gorge
1046:Moon's Hill
1001:Cook's Wood
981:Callow Rock
976:Batts Combe
823:Ebbor Gorge
653:Cheddar Yeo
632:Wookey Hole
455:Settlements
214:14 November
1490:Categories
1460:51°11′25″N
1361:Mendip Way
1084:Asham Wood
1051:Torr Works
1021:Fairy Cave
893:Rhino Rift
813:Cox's Cave
761:and gorges
729:Fry's Hill
724:Crook Peak
709:Black Down
658:River Chew
607:Webbington
492:Burrington
389:11 October
137:References
80:Hanson plc
1463:2°30′06″W
1391:A371 road
1386:A368 road
1349:Transport
1310:Fosse Way
1219:Lamb Leer
1031:Halecombe
1016:Emborough
898:Rod's Pot
853:Lamb Leer
739:Purn Hill
663:River Yeo
648:River Axe
627:Winscombe
582:Rowberrow
512:Churchill
360:2 October
304:"Geology"
288:2 October
266:2 October
181:2 October
55:, on the
46:limestone
1417:Somerset
1400:Councils
1381:A39 road
1376:A37 road
996:Colemans
968:Quarries
953:W/L Cave
734:Pen Hill
587:Sandford
532:Draycott
467:Axbridge
313:17 March
159:17 March
125:See also
61:Somerset
53:Doulting
41:ST648436
1278:History
1061:Whatley
1056:Viaduct
1041:Holwell
1011:Dulcote
986:Cloford
833:GB Cave
597:Shipham
567:Oakhill
502:Cheddar
487:Bleadon
482:Blagdon
472:Banwell
462:Ashwick
65:England
44:) is a
572:Priddy
562:Litton
552:Hutton
542:Easton
336:
87:oolite
49:quarry
1234:Perch
1076:SSSIs
1036:Hobbs
991:Cloud
759:Caves
697:Hills
612:Wells
602:Ubley
527:Cross
379:(PDF)
356:. BRE
153:(PDF)
72:Roman
391:2011
362:2016
334:ISBN
315:2008
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