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Fairy Cave Quarry
Fairy Cave Quarry

Fairy Cave Quarry (grid reference ST65734753) is between Stoke St Michael and Oakhill in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude Stoke St Michael is a village and Civil parish on the Mendip Hills 4 miles north east of Shepton Mallet, and 8 miles west of Frome, in the Oakhill, Somerset is a Village located approximately 2 miles north of Shepton Mallet between the A37 and the A367 (The Fosseway The Mendip Hills (commonly called The Mendips) are a range of Limestone hills situated to the south of Bristol and Bath in Somerset Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

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. Excavations cut back into the hillside above St Dunstan's Well Rising, a Bristol Water abstraction point, various caves were intercepted. St Dunstan's Well Catchment ( is a Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, covering near Stoke St Michael in the Mendip Hills, Somerset Bristol Water supplies 300 million litres of drinking water to over 1 million customers in a area centred on Bristol, England. The quarry ceased production in 1977. [1]

The caves in Fairy Cave Quarry include:

The quarry is also used extensively for climbing. Balch Cave ( is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. Hillier's Cave ( is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England Shatter Cave ( is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. UserStan Shebs for a timetable --> Climbing is the activity of using one's hands and feet (or

References

  1. ^ Fairy Cave Quarry. Cerberus Spelaeological Society. Retrieved on 2007-01-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire.

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The Caves of the Mendip Hills are formed by the particular geology of the Mendip Hills, with large areas of limestone worn away by water makes it a national centre for Caving The Mendip Hills are the most southerly Carboniferous Limestone Upland in Britain and are found in northern Somerset.
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