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Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, ... The gorge was originally formed 225 million years ago, during the ...
Cheddar Gorge, which is located on the edge of the village, is the largest gorge in the United Kingdom. [44] The gorge is the site of the Cheddar Caves, where Cheddar Man was found in 1903. [7] Older remains from the Upper Late Palaeolithic era (12,000–13,000 years ago) have been found. [8]
Gough's Cave (/ ɡ ɒ f / GOF) is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m (377 ft) deep and is 3.405 km (2.12 mi) long, [2] and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. It contains the Cheddar Yeo, the largest underground river system in Britain. [3]
Cheddar Gorge is Britain’s largest gorge and probably the country’s best known limestone feature. It is a spectacular fluvial feature with a geomorphic history extending back 2 million years and encompassing the major environmental changes of the Pleistocene period. Cheddar Caves contain both active and fossil systems.
Cheddar Man is a human male skeleton found in Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, England. The skeletal remains date to around the mid-to-late 9th millennium BC , corresponding to the Mesolithic period, and it appears that he died a violent death.
A view of the Cheddar Gorge, designated as an SSSI for both its biological and its geological interest. This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
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The Cheddar Yeo is a small river in Somerset, England. [1] Beneath the limestone of the Mendip Hills it forms the largest underground river system in Britain. [2] After emerging into Cheddar Gorge it flows through the village of Cheddar, where it has been used in the past to power mills. From the Middle Ages until the 19th century the river had ...