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103:"Summary of Geo-diversity Audit: Halecombe Quarry"
46:The quarry exhibits pale to dark grey well-bedded
165:Geodiversity Audit of Active Aggregate Quarries
158:"Halecombe Quarry, Leigh upon Mendip, Nr Frome"
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58:growth. There are abundant near-vertical
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16:Limestone quarry in Somerset, England
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948:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
194:"Habitat survey of Halecombe Quarry"
1144:King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
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1003:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
128:"Halecombe Quarry Geodiversity"
1098:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
77:from 1996. It is now owned by
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1078:Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
1325:Quarries in the Mendip Hills
1236:Bath and North East Somerset
1073:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
918:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
752:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
241:Quarries of the Mendip Hills
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993:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
637:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
196:. Somerset Wildlife Trust
108:. Somerset County Council
1200:National Cycle Route 24
1134:Charterhouse Roman Town
1043:Kingdown and Middledown
772:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
132:Somerset County Council
1272:North Somerset Levels
1169:East Somerset Railway
747:St Cuthbert's Swallet
1301:51.22498°N 2.43528°W
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138:on 27 September 2007
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1164:Cheddar Valley line
1159:Somerset Coal Canal
1124:Drove Cottage Henge
1093:Windsor Hill Quarry
933:Barns Batch Spinney
928:Banwell Ochre Caves
777:Upper Flood Swallet
767:Thrupe Lane Swallet
737:Shute Shelve Cavern
617:Banwell Ochre Caves
607:Axbridge Ochre Mine
451:Westbury-sub-Mendip
1306:51.22498; -2.43528
1154:Somerset Coalfield
1023:Emborough Quarries
998:Cook's Wood Quarry
757:Stoke Lane Slocker
692:Manor Farm Swallet
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1013:Draycott Sleights
973:Cheddar Reservoir
963:Chancellor's Farm
787:Wookey Hole Caves
667:Goatchurch Cavern
657:Fairy Cave Quarry
627:Charterhouse Cave
573:Shute Shelve Hill
517:Litton Reservoirs
507:Cheddar Reservoir
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1053:Priddy Caves
1033:Hobbs Quarry
978:Cheddar Wood
943:Bleadon Hill
938:Blagdon Lake
895:Windsor Hill
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855:Gurney Slade
732:Shatter Cave
707:Priddy Caves
702:Pierre's Pot
672:Gough's Cave
543:Bleadon Hill
502:Blagdon Lake
406:Rodney Stoke
326:Charterhouse
277:Mendip Hills
222:23 September
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1262:Chew Valley
1185:Mendip Rail
1119:Cheddar Man
1018:Ebbor Gorge
875:Moon's Hill
830:Cook's Wood
810:Callow Rock
805:Batts Combe
652:Ebbor Gorge
482:Cheddar Yeo
461:Wookey Hole
284:Settlements
216:"Our Plans"
43:, England.
1289:51°13′30″N
1190:Mendip Way
913:Asham Wood
880:Torr Works
850:Fairy Cave
722:Rhino Rift
642:Cox's Cave
590:and gorges
558:Fry's Hill
553:Crook Peak
538:Black Down
487:River Chew
436:Webbington
321:Burrington
178:2 February
142:2 February
89:References
75:Tarmac Ltd
1292:2°26′07″W
1220:A371 road
1215:A368 road
1178:Transport
1139:Fosse Way
1048:Lamb Leer
860:Halecombe
845:Emborough
727:Rod's Pot
682:Lamb Leer
568:Purn Hill
492:River Yeo
477:River Axe
456:Winscombe
411:Rowberrow
341:Churchill
26:limestone
22:Halecombe
1319:Category
1246:Somerset
1229:Councils
1210:A39 road
1205:A37 road
825:Colemans
797:Quarries
782:W/L Cave
563:Pen Hill
416:Sandford
361:Draycott
296:Axbridge
235:See also
218:. Tarmac
60:fissures
41:Somerset
1107:History
890:Whatley
885:Viaduct
870:Holwell
840:Dulcote
815:Cloford
662:GB Cave
426:Shipham
396:Oakhill
331:Cheddar
316:Bleadon
311:Blagdon
301:Banwell
291:Ashwick
56:crystal
52:calcite
35:on the
401:Priddy
391:Litton
381:Hutton
371:Easton
29:quarry
1063:Perch
905:SSSIs
865:Hobbs
820:Cloud
588:Caves
526:Hills
441:Wells
431:Ubley
356:Cross
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224:2012
202:2012
180:2007
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114:2012
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