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but is now used by pedestrians and cyclists. Within the tunnel the central surface has been paved with tarmac, but it is unlit except for a central guide line of small guide lamps. The north half of the tunnel is brick lined, but about midway it reverts to unlined rock for the southern half, marking
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Barton Camp, which is on the northern slopes of Crook Peak, is run by the
Bristol Children's Help Society, which was founded in 1884 to help needy children. The centre provided residential activity courses. The facilities include classrooms, a sports hall, outdoor pool, playing field and bunkhouse
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dry dwarf-shrub heath. Four of the calcareous grassland communities and two of the woodland types have a restricted distribution in
Britain, as does the calcareous grassland/acidic dry dwarf-shrub heath. These support species, four of which are considered nationally rare, while seven of the plant
513:. The cave is 8 metres (26 ft) below the plateau and 27 metres (89 ft) above the valley floor. It is named after M.J. Picken who found teeth in earth thrown out of their sets in the area by badgers. A large number of
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at the southern end of Crook Peak is considered to be of importance because of its clear, well-stratified sequence of deposits and faunas, all dating from within the
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period about 350 million years ago. The hill rises to 233 metres (764 ft) above sea levels and represents a ridge formed by the southern Limb of a highly eroded
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327:. Also within the parish of Compton Bishop is Wavering Down which reaches a height of 210 metres (690 ft), and is marked with a
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Wavering Down House which was, for the last 20 years of his life, the home of the British comedian
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Geological and biological Site of
Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, England
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The ecology of the site is varied. There are ancient and secondary semi-natural
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387:'Cruc' meaning 'peak' or 'pointed hill'. 'Shute' is a contraction of
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a change in the underlying geology from sandstone to limestone.
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Proceedings of the
University of Bristol Spelaeological Society
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Proceedings of the
University of Bristol Spelaeology Society
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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1180:"Picken's Hole, Crook Peak, Somerset: A Pleistocene Site"
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300:. It was used as the site of a beacon at the time of the
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525:, have been recovered from the cave. Faunal deposits of
1045:"Village Design Statement The Parish of Compton Bishop"
709:. Winscombe and Sandford Parish Council. Archived from
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is exposed at several sites but is commonly covered by
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Shute Shelve Hill, is largely formed by more resistant
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Sites of
Special Scientific Interest notified in 1952
1277:"Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill SSSI citation sheet"
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King's Wood between Cross Plain and Shute Shelve Hill
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which supports nationally rare species including the
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332.2 hectares (3.322 km; 1.283 sq mi)
289:. At the western end of the hills, closest to the
3325:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
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2789:Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest
2472:Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest
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192:biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
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495:with younger limestones on the lower slopes.
1226:. Abingdon, UK: Routledge. pp. 364–65.
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611:"Trust fundraising push reached new heights"
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977:Costen, Michael D.; Aston, Mick A. (2008).
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2566:Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting
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1107:Somerset Landscapes: Geology and landforms
1019:"Landscape Assessment of the Mendip Hills"
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835:"Titter ye not — it's Frankie's pad"
1109:. Usk: Blackbarn Books. pp. 38–41.
986:Somerset Archaeology and Natural History
860:"Enclosures, Kings Wood, Compton Bishop"
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1249:Limestone and Caves of the Mendip Hills
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319:View of Wavering Down from Cross Plain.
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3320:National Trust properties in Somerset
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1362:. The Bristol Children's Help Society
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641:"Crooks Peak and Compton Bishop Hill"
323:Compton Hill is above the village of
2521:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
2106:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
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1157:Somerset Historic Environment Record
787:. Cicerone Press. pp. 102–106.
2873:Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors
2302:King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
1222:Pettitt, Paul; White, Mark (2012).
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269:from which fossils dating from the
222:. Most of the site is owned by the
28:Site of Special Scientific Interest
13:
1209:National Heritage List for England
617:. 9 September 2010. Archived from
521:teeth dated to about 55,000 years
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1070:"Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill"
762:. West Mendip Soaring Association
241:The ecology of the area includes
2671:Shepton Montague Railway Cutting
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1333:Farrant, A.R.; Gray, A. (1993).
1282:. English Nature. Archived from
952:"Not a soul in the West Mendips"
833:Smith, Stephen (17 March 2007).
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3103:Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood
2908:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
2853:Black Down and Sampford Commons
2546:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
2161:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
1381:Steve Eggington (August 2006).
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904:"Exploring the Strawberry Line"
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882:"Exploring the Strawberry Line"
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306:West Mendip Soaring Association
180:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
22:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
3198:Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands
2716:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
2256:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
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366:A long-distance footpath, the
331:. Around the small village of
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2973:Great Breach and Copley Woods
2661:Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
2511:Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast
2236:Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
1021:. Mendip AONB. Archived from
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473:Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum
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3178:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
2828:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
2681:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
2636:Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick
2394:Bath and North East Somerset
2231:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
2076:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
1910:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
563:) from approximately 35,000
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361:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
194:near the western end of the
7:
3203:Twinhills Woods and Meadows
3088:Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh
2993:Holme Moor & Clean Moor
2928:Dunster Park and Heathlands
1247:Smith, David Ingle (1975).
1133:. British Geological Survey
1050:. Compton Bishop. p. 3
287:Cheddar Valley railway line
253:. The underlying rocks are
10:
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3163:Southey and Gotleigh Moors
2953:Fivehead Woods and Meadow
1105:Haslett, Simon K. (2010).
734:"Crook Peak, Mendip Hills"
567:have also been recovered.
430:Dianthus gratianopolitanus
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3213:Walton and Ivythorn Hills
3023:Langmead and Weston Level
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2151:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
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1795:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
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1313:British Geological Survey
1309:"Crook Peak and Axbridge"
1159:. Somerset County Council
1131:"Crook Peak and Axbridge"
992:: 139–158. Archived from
862:. Somerset County Council
581:cave contains fossils of
463:and nationally important
391:which meant slope in the
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148:Biological and Geological
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3193:Tealham and Tadham Moors
2943:Edford Woods and Meadows
2631:Maesbury Railway Cutting
2606:Langport Railway Cutting
2551:Doulting Railway Cutting
809:"TP6778 - Wavering Down"
643:. Common Land in England
585:over 350,000 years old.
63:Location within Somerset
3003:Kingdown and Middledown
2843:Barrington Hill Meadows
2611:Laycock Railway Cutting
2358:National Cycle Route 24
2292:Charterhouse Roman Town
2201:Kingdown and Middledown
1930:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
958:. London. 25 March 2006
781:Roberts, James (1997).
577:, until the 1920s. The
485:Carboniferous Limestone
475:) occurs at Rose Wood.
255:Carboniferous Limestone
172:Natural England website
2933:East Polden Grasslands
2526:Bruton Railway Cutting
1178:Tratman, E.K. (1964).
467:. The nationally rare
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3078:Old Iron Works, Mells
3058:North Brewham Meadows
2948:Exmoor Coastal Heaths
2616:Leighton Road Cutting
2430:North Somerset Levels
2327:East Somerset Railway
1905:St Cuthbert's Swallet
906:. The Strawberry Line
406:
339:. The house is now a
329:triangulation station
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273:have been recovered.
2813:Aller and Beer Woods
2596:Hurcott Lane Cutting
1255:. pp. 360–361.
497:Black Rock Limestone
417:calcareous grassland
413:broadleaved woodland
247:calcareous grassland
3018:Langford Heathfield
2968:Ge-mare Farm Fields
2913:Curry and Hay Moors
2701:Windsor Hill Quarry
2686:Thrupe Lane Swallet
2676:Snowdon Hill Quarry
2322:Cheddar Valley line
2317:Somerset Coal Canal
2282:Drove Cottage Henge
2251:Windsor Hill Quarry
2091:Barns Batch Spinney
2086:Banwell Ochre Caves
1935:Upper Flood Swallet
1925:Thrupe Lane Swallet
1895:Shute Shelve Cavern
1775:Banwell Ochre Caves
1765:Axbridge Ochre Mine
1609:Westbury-sub-Mendip
1253:David & Charles
1211:. Historic England.
784:Walking in Somerset
615:Western Daily Press
571:Shute Shelve Cavern
557:and northern vole (
517:artefacts, and two
515:Middle Palaeolithic
372:Cheddar Valley Line
263:Shute Shelve Cavern
125: /
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3270:Neighbouring areas
3248:Windsor Hill Marsh
3153:Sharpham Moor Plot
3063:North Curry Meadow
3008:Kingweston Meadows
2725:Neighbouring areas
2666:Seavington St Mary
2641:Moon's Hill Quarry
2556:Emborough Quarries
2541:Cook's Wood Quarry
2312:Somerset Coalfield
2181:Emborough Quarries
2156:Cook's Wood Quarry
1915:Stoke Lane Slocker
1850:Manor Farm Swallet
1755:Attborough Swallet
1086:on 13 October 2006
926:"Winscombe Parish"
811:. Trig Pointing UK
560:Microtus oeconomus
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341:tourist attraction
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186:(820.9 acre)
129:51.2952°N 2.8814°W
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3310:Hills of Somerset
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3243:Whitevine Meadows
2988:Hestercombe House
2923:Draycott Sleights
2888:Cheddar Reservoir
2878:Chancellor's Farm
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2656:Rodney Stoke SSSI
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2413:Surrounding areas
2171:Draycott Sleights
2131:Cheddar Reservoir
2121:Chancellor's Farm
1945:Wookey Hole Caves
1825:Goatchurch Cavern
1815:Fairy Cave Quarry
1785:Charterhouse Cave
1731:Shute Shelve Hill
1675:Litton Reservoirs
1665:Cheddar Reservoir
1262:978-0-7153-6572-4
1233:978-0-415-67455-3
1116:978-1-4564-1631-7
999:on 19 August 2017
884:. Strawberry Line
794:978-1-85284-253-6
543:woolly rhinoceros
501:Burrington Oolite
487:laid down in the
465:small leaved lime
454:Cerastium pumilum
220:Shute Shelve Hill
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2998:King's Sedgemoor
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2586:Holwell Quarries
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2196:Holwell Quarries
2141:Chew Valley Lake
2116:Burrington Combe
1845:Longwood Swallet
1805:Eastwater Cavern
1780:Burrington Combe
1670:Chew Valley Lake
1628:Rivers and lakes
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1385:Serious Playtime
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621:on 26 April 2015
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438:Galium fleurotii
285:and the disused
271:Middle Devensian
243:ancient woodland
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3133:Roebuck Meadows
3093:Postlebury Wood
3033:Long Lye Meadow
2983:Hardington Moor
2883:Cheddar Complex
2833:Babcary Meadows
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2531:Cheddar Complex
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2425:Somerset Levels
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2307:Priddy Mineries
2287:Dolebury Warren
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2166:Dolebury Warren
2126:Cheddar Complex
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2101:Bleadon Hill
2096:Blagdon Lake
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3013:Lang's Farm
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2903:Cogley Wood
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1988:Cook's Wood
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3304:Categories
3073:North Moor
2978:Grove Farm
2858:Brean Down
2823:Asham Wood
2818:Aller Hill
2561:Glenthorne
2516:Brean Down
2506:Ben Knowle
2348:Mendip Way
2071:Asham Wood
2038:Torr Works
2008:Fairy Cave
1880:Rhino Rift
1800:Cox's Cave
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1711:Crook Peak
1696:Black Down
1645:River Chew
1594:Webbington
1479:Burrington
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399:Biological
368:Mendip Way
353:enclosures
349:earthworks
204:Crook Peak
188:geological
117:51°17′43″N
3289:Wiltshire
3218:West Moor
3048:Moorlinch
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2378:A371 road
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2018:Halecombe
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1885:Rod's Pot
1840:Lamb Leer
1726:Purn Hill
1650:River Yeo
1635:River Axe
1614:Winscombe
1569:Rowberrow
1499:Churchill
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3118:Ringdown
3028:Long Lye
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2571:Greylake
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2368:A39 road
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357:Axbridge
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2621:Low Ham
2483:Summary
2265:History
2048:Whatley
2043:Viaduct
2028:Holwell
1998:Dulcote
1973:Cloford
1820:GB Cave
1584:Shipham
1554:Oakhill
1489:Cheddar
1474:Bleadon
1469:Blagdon
1459:Banwell
1449:Ashwick
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1978:Cloud
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1599:Wells
1589:Ubley
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