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Carboniferous Limestone, dominates the hills and surround the older rock formations. [1] An outcrop of basalt is also quarried at Moon's Hill. For centuries the stone of the Mendips, and the Cotswolds to the north, have been used to build the cities of Bristol and Bath , and many Somerset towns.
Batts Combe quarry, grid reference is a limestone quarry on the edge of Cheddar village on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. It has been operating since the early 20th century and is currently owned and operated by Singleton Birch Ltd.
Fairy Cave Quarry (grid reference) is between Stoke St Michael and Oakhill in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. Quarrying was first started on the site in the early 1920s. In 1963 the quarry was acquired by Hobbs (Quarries) Ltd., and production on a much larger scale began.
Callow Rock quarry is a limestone quarry located in Shipham Gorge between Cheddar and Shipham on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. The quarry has been operating since the early 20th century primarily as a Lime quarry producing a quality product of high purity for the chemical industry.
Gurney Slade quarry. Gurney Slade quarry, grid reference is a limestone quarry near Gurney Slade between Binegar and Holcombe, on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England.. Gurney Slade quarry exhibits pale to very dark grey Carboniferous Limestone overlain by red and purple-coloured Triassic breccias and marls with a small faulted block of overlying Lower Jurassic breccias forming an angular ...
Emborough Quarries (grid reference) is a 1 hectare (2.5 acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Emborough in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1971.. The disused quarry has yielded a wide variety of remains of vertebrate fossils, amongst which the early reptiles are particularly well represented.
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Bardon Hill Quarry is a 58.2-hectare (144-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Coalville in Leicestershire. [1] [2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. [3] [4] This quarry has been operated for over 400 years and produces three million tonnes of rock a year, 15% of UK output.