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1306:. You can help Knowledge by
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1041:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
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740:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
1302:location article is a
1269:51.294342°N 2.827615°W
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1137:East Somerset Railway
715:St Cuthbert's Swallet
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1127:Somerset Coal Canal
1092:Drove Cottage Henge
1061:Windsor Hill Quarry
901:Barns Batch Spinney
896:Banwell Ochre Caves
745:Upper Flood Swallet
735:Thrupe Lane Swallet
705:Shute Shelve Cavern
585:Banwell Ochre Caves
575:Axbridge Ochre Mine
419:Westbury-sub-Mendip
107:Axbridge Ochre Mine
65:Shute Shelve Cavern
24:Shute Shelve Cavern
1122:Somerset Coalfield
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725:Stoke Lane Slocker
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931:Chancellor's Farm
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625:Fairy Cave Quarry
595:Charterhouse Cave
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911:Bleadon Hill
906:Blagdon Lake
863:Windsor Hill
823:Gurney Slade
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670:Pierre's Pot
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1087:Cheddar Man
986:Ebbor Gorge
843:Moon's Hill
798:Cook's Wood
778:Callow Rock
773:Batts Combe
620:Ebbor Gorge
450:Cheddar Yeo
429:Wookey Hole
252:Settlements
96:speleothems
1347:Categories
1257:51°17′40″N
1158:Mendip Way
881:Asham Wood
848:Torr Works
818:Fairy Cave
690:Rhino Rift
610:Cox's Cave
558:and gorges
526:Fry's Hill
521:Crook Peak
506:Black Down
455:River Chew
404:Webbington
289:Burrington
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141:References
1260:2°49′39″W
1188:A371 road
1183:A368 road
1146:Transport
1107:Fosse Way
1016:Lamb Leer
828:Halecombe
813:Emborough
695:Rod's Pot
650:Lamb Leer
536:Purn Hill
460:River Yeo
445:River Axe
424:Winscombe
379:Rowberrow
309:Churchill
58:Limestone
1358:Axbridge
1300:Somerset
1214:Somerset
1197:Councils
1178:A39 road
1173:A37 road
793:Colemans
765:Quarries
750:W/L Cave
531:Pen Hill
384:Sandford
329:Draycott
264:Axbridge
129:See also
92:phreatic
77:Axbridge
73:Somerset
33:Axbridge
29:Location
1075:History
858:Whatley
853:Viaduct
838:Holwell
808:Dulcote
783:Cloford
630:GB Cave
394:Shipham
364:Oakhill
299:Cheddar
284:Bleadon
279:Blagdon
269:Banwell
259:Ashwick
85:Cheddar
79:in the
55:Geology
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369:Priddy
359:Litton
349:Hutton
339:Easton
209:Photos
190:7 July
47:Length
1298:This
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873:SSSIs
833:Hobbs
788:Cloud
556:Caves
494:Hills
409:Wells
399:Ubley
324:Cross
159:(PDF)
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