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run from the coast up to 30 kilometres (19 mi) inland. These wetlands cover 600 square kilometres (232 sq mi), most of which is no higher than 8 metres (26 ft) above sea level. There are coastal marine clay deposits, and further inland there are many peaty areas. Dotted within
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The action of streams has cut combes through the hills down to the sea, which are now wooded, although much of Exmoor is open heathland. There is an outlier of Exmoor at North Hill near
Minehead. Iron working was formerly carried out, probably from the Roman period onward.
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rocks consist of red marls, sandstones, breccias and conglomerates which spread over the older rocks. The
Dolomitic Conglomerate is an old shingle beach of Keuper Marl age. The Rhaetic Beds are full of fossils due to invasion of the
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Mendips is Carboniferous Limestone. It represents the remnants of a much higher range of hills that existed hundreds of millions years ago. This has allowed the formation of features such as
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Hill. However, the crest of this coastal ridge of hills is more than 1.6 kilometres (1.0 mi) from the sea. If a cliff is defined as having a slope greater than 60 degrees, the highest cliff on mainland
Britain is
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outcrop, although rocks of
Triassic age (252–201 million years ago) underlie much of Somerset and form the solid geology of the Somerset Moors and Levels. There are no glacial deposits.
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at 318 metres (1,043 ft) high, with a cliff face of 214 metres (702 ft). Its sister cliff is the 218 metres (715 ft) Little
Hangman, which marks the edge of Exmoor.
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at the coast and partly due to seawalls built to reclaim areas previously flooded at high tide. The coastline contains exposures of
Devonian sediments and tectonics west of
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Somerset was very different from the present one, the sea level at the last glacial maximum being several hundred feet lower than today so that the
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mineralisation can be detected in outcrops and subsoil. The underlying rocks are covered by moors are supported by wet, acid soil. The highest point on Exmoor is
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have been subject to thousands of years of flooding and man's attempts to control the flow of water. In the north of the county the Limestone of the
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are to the east of Weston-super-Mare, while the Axe valley is separated by the Isle of Wedmore from the Brue valley. The latter is separated by the
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with alternating bands of limestone and clay. Because of the nature of the Levels and Moors, the Poldens have a significant visual impact.
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at 324 metres (1,063 ft). There is an escarpment facing south to the Levels and Moors while the dip slope to the north is broken up.
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sequence of North Devon and Somerset. These unusual freshwater deposits in the Hangman Grits, were mainly formed in desert conditions.
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rocks which represent the deposits of large river systems that crossed a desert plain, and often contain irregular masses or veins of
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rocks. There are outlying hills at Worlebury, Middle Hope, the Failand Ridge, Broadfields Down, Portishead Down and Wrington Hill.
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quarry, which were worked for road building. Further south there are newer
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are a 20 kilometres (12 mi) long broad ridge from the coast near
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and newer rocks). There are two series of coal-bearing sandstones and
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site recognised as being nationally important for its south-western
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in the south, Exmoor and the Quantocks, and the Mendips.
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times. The first house on the moor was only built at
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and are separated from Exmoor and the Brendons by a
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2317:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2292:Croft, Robert and Aston, Michael (1993).
2133:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2120:
1712:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
1675:
1673:
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267:was burnt locally to provide a source of
2779:
2777:
2775:
2773:
2689:
2687:
2566:. The Geological Society. Archived from
2453:The Mendip Hills: A Threatened Landscape
2207:Williams, Robin; Romey Williams (1992).
2151:
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1947:"Burnham-on-Sea, Berrow and Brean Sands"
1911:
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146:in a narrow outcrop to the northeast of
17:
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2250:
1595:
1217:, which was worked on the foreshore at
325:occupy much of the centre of Somerset.
294:is obtained from the Great Oolite bed.
4500:
4264:
3434:
3254:. Exmoor National Park. Archived from
3060:. Exmoor National Park. Archived from
3040:"English Nature web side for the site"
2980:. Exmoor National Park. Archived from
2956:. Bodmin: Bossiney Books. p. 41.
2665:. Blackdown Hills AONB. Archived from
2336:"Peat Wastage and Wetland Archaeology"
1928:. London: Leicester University Press.
1855:
1853:
1839:. London: Leicester University Press.
1670:
31:is a rural county in the southwest of
4238:
3566:
3215:
2945:
2783:
2770:
2698:. Bradford on Avon: Ex Libris Press.
2693:
2684:
2601:
2483:. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
2478:
2211:. Bradford on Avon: Ex Libris Press.
2185:
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2144:
2101:
2063:
2048:
1847:. Chapter 2: "Creation of the Levels"
1764:"Resolving the World's largest tides"
1646:
1549:
567:. The river then flows past East and
402:
3444:Somerset Urban Archaeological Survey
2756:Somerset Historic Environment Record
2652:
2296:. Taunton: Somerset County Council.
1491:times up to the early 20th century.
1406:, from which Exmoor takes its name,
108:Sites of Special Scientific Interest
55:, and on the south west and west by
3506:. Everything Exmoor. Archived from
3134:"Landscape of Exmoor National Park"
2497:
2315:The Draining of the Somerset Levels
2131:The Draining of the Somerset Levels
2090:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1850:
1710:The Draining of the Somerset Levels
1635:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1382:Site of Special Scientific Interest
1245:Site of Special Scientific Interest
1103:
836:
752:
599:the Brue is linked to the man-made
13:
3834:List of civil parishes in Somerset
3479:National Heritage List for England
3474:"Simonsbath House Hotel (1058031)"
2931:National Heritage List for England
1986:10.1111/j.1502-3885.1978.tb00280.x
1071:the Principle of Faunal Succession
948:in the Mendips and appears in the
861:area of outstanding natural beauty
679:rivers. The Parrett flows through
551:, close to the county border with
14:
4524:
3551:
2340:The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
1683:. London: William Heinemann Ltd.
913:hills. These are outliers of the
169:(including Hangman Sandstone and
3594:
3340:"Water on Exmoor — Filex 7"
2660:"Blackdown Hills Plan 2004–2009"
1501:
659:The River Parrett originates at
243:, on the coast of Somerset near
209:(299–252 million years ago) and
4152:Population of major settlements
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2914:
2893:"Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast"
2885:
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1996:
1961:
1939:
1889:
1804:
1769:
894:A view of Black Down from near
467:rise in Somerset but flow into
455:flows into Devon. The (Dorset)
2595:The Map that Changed the World
2427:. Nature Conservancy Council.
1756:
1723:
1573:
1543:
1300:Geological Conservation Review
980:. There are a wide variety of
871:in the west, with outliers of
683:and then through Middle Moor,
644:in an artificial channel, the
447:flows into Dorset through the
411:, most of which flow into the
1:
3280:. Exmoor Park. Archived from
2536:. Cartage.org. Archived from
1788:Geological Society of America
1737:. 31 May 2006. Archived from
1537:
1308:ancient semi-natural woodland
851:This is the area between the
699:. It continues north through
359:for example, behind only the
130:. They make up a sequence of
4142:Parliamentary constituencies
3634:Bath and North East Somerset
2952:Leete-Hodge, Lornie (1985).
2926:"Oil retort house (1057429)"
1949:. Sedgemoor District Council
1465:were built around the moor.
909:are Lansdown, Langridge and
730:where it meets the Parrett.
718:. It continues east through
559:and is joined by the rivers
328:
286:Above the Lias is the Lower
117:
7:
4127:Lord Lieutenant of Somerset
2612:. London: Robert Hale Ltd.
2564:Geoscientist 17.7 July 2007
2455:. London: Victor Gollancz.
2398:Roman Baths Museum Web Site
1494:
1209:period, these are known as
1076:The Mendips were mined for
833:extraction is carried out.
82:The low-lying areas of the
10:
4529:
4107:Grade II* listed buildings
3534:National Mapping Programme
3109:"Exmoor and the Quantocks"
2313:Williams, Michael (1970).
2129:Williams, Michael (1970).
1659:. Bath: Adams & Dart.
1398:The high ground forms the
1380:have been recognised as a
1279:is a dissected plateau of
1258:
1225:with woods on the slopes.
1041:district, and surrounding
840:
756:
691:where it is joined by the
492:The courses of the rivers
4272:
4059:
3843:
3652:
3626:
3615:
2786:Portrait of the Quantocks
2758:. Somerset County Council
2634:"Mendip Quarry Producers"
2451:Toulson, Shirley (1984).
1561:. Somerset County Council
1434:. Another tributary, the
1306:and for transitions from
1304:lowland heath communities
1254:
745:. It then flows south to
648:, joining the Parrett at
185:Somerset Levels and Moors
4222:West Somerset Coast Path
4137:National nature reserves
4112:High Sheriff of Somerset
4102:Grade I listed buildings
3218:The Geographical Journal
2863:"Quantock Hills Geology"
2809:Dunning, Robert (1980).
1812:"Coast: Bristol Channel"
1731:"Severn Estuary Barrage"
1679:Bezzant, Norman (1980).
1655:Hudson, Kenneth (1971).
898:Wireless Station in the
585:Tealham and Tadham Moors
575:and then turns north to
122:The oldest rocks are of
3304:"Exmoor Coastal Heaths"
2954:Curiosities of Somerset
2788:. London: Robert Hale.
2784:Waite, Vincent (1964).
2696:The Geology of Somerset
1430:are both designated as
1242:Blue Anchor to Lilstock
1236:, younger rocks of the
958:Carboniferous Limestone
733:The River Exe rises at
181:Carboniferous Limestone
51:, on the south-east by
47:, on the north-east by
4472:West Midlands (County)
3406:"Exmoor National Park"
1631:Dunning, R.W. (1992).
1395:
1318:. The Chains provides
1273:
1174:
1113:
1045:(largely concealed by
1007:clays and limestones,
902:
817:(known as 'rhines' in
775:
646:King's Sedgemoor Drain
621:
489:
340:
247:
25:
4513:Geography of Somerset
4217:South West Coast Path
4172:Transport in Somerset
4122:Local nature reserves
4092:Geography of Somerset
2694:Hardy, Peter (1999).
2498:Goodwin, Douglas RP.
1735:UK Environment Agency
1657:The Fashionable Stone
1550:Roche, David (2004).
1487:was carried out from
1449:Because Exmoor was a
1390:
1378:Exmoor Coastal Heaths
1268:
1172:
1111:
893:
780:North Somerset Levels
766:
613:
477:
336:
238:
84:North Somerset Levels
21:
3347:Exmoor National Park
3252:"Woodland and Trees"
3166:Exmoor National Park
3088:Exmoor National Park
2560:"Smith's other debt"
2534:"History of Geology"
2479:Gough, J.W. (1967).
2274:on 26 September 2007
1744:on 30 September 2007
1426:. The river and the
1414:near the village of
423:, which still has a
4508:Geology of Somerset
4157:Scheduled monuments
4117:History of Somerset
4097:Geology of Somerset
4082:Economy of Somerset
4077:Culture of Somerset
3655:(cities in italics)
3627:Unitary authorities
3530:"Brendon Hills NMP"
3435:Gathercole, Clare.
3416:on 30 November 2007
3192:"Culbone, Somerset"
3064:on 21 November 2008
2900:SSSI citation sheet
2873:on 8 September 2007
2867:Quantock Hills AONB
2811:Somerset & Avon
2481:The mines of Mendip
2209:The Somerset Levels
2014:on 10 November 2007
1583:. Everything Exmoor
1581:"Geology of Exmoor"
1527:History of Somerset
1120:in the east to the
932:is a series of red
724:Curry and Hay Moors
665:Haselbury Plucknett
555:. It flows through
4352:Greater Manchester
4266:Geology of England
4175:Geographic areas:
3536:. English Heritage
3510:on 14 January 2009
3386:on 26 October 2007
3320:on 13 October 2006
3284:on 30 January 2012
3020:on 13 October 2006
2732:on 13 October 2006
2672:on 6 February 2012
2500:"PEDL074 Somerset"
2404:on 2 November 2007
2346:on 22 October 2007
1992:on 13 August 2011.
1861:"Somerset Geology"
1681:Out of the Rock...
1532:Geology of England
1396:
1274:
1175:
1114:
1043:Somerset Coalfield
903:
863:, stretching from
847:Somerset Coalfield
776:
622:
490:
403:Main river valleys
341:
248:
205:At the end of the
63:sections from the
39:, on the north by
26:
4495:
4494:
4230:
4229:
3811:Weston-super-Mare
3653:Major settlements
3602:Ceremonial county
3138:Everything Exmoor
2540:on 20 August 2008
2434:978-0-86139-319-0
2096:978-0-19-921715-1
1784:Boulder, Colorado
1706:Williams, Michael
1522:Geology of the UK
1438:, flows from the
1211:New Red Sandstone
1055:Pennant Sandstone
944:. It rises as an
930:Old Red Sandstone
767:The view towards
726:and Stan Moor to
534:Weston-super-Mare
514:Wookey Hole Caves
397:Weston-super-Mare
150:, in the eastern
4520:
4407:Northamptonshire
4259:
4252:
4245:
4236:
4235:
3886:Badgworthy Water
3644:Somerset Council
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3486:
3470:Historic England
3466:
3460:
3459:
3457:
3455:
3441:
3432:
3426:
3425:
3423:
3421:
3412:. Archived from
3402:
3396:
3395:
3393:
3391:
3382:. Archived from
3372:
3366:
3365:
3363:
3361:
3355:
3349:. Archived from
3344:
3336:
3330:
3329:
3327:
3325:
3319:
3313:. Archived from
3308:
3300:
3294:
3293:
3291:
3289:
3278:"Exmoor's Coast"
3274:
3268:
3267:
3265:
3263:
3248:
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3241:
3224:(4/6): 191–197.
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2993:
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2989:
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2967:
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2943:
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2940:
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2922:Historic England
2918:
2912:
2911:
2909:
2907:
2902:. English Nature
2897:
2889:
2883:
2882:
2880:
2878:
2869:. Archived from
2859:
2853:
2852:
2850:
2848:
2842:English Heritage
2839:
2831:
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2824:
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2800:
2799:
2781:
2768:
2767:
2765:
2763:
2748:
2742:
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2739:
2737:
2731:
2725:. Archived from
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2710:
2709:
2691:
2682:
2681:
2679:
2677:
2671:
2664:
2656:
2650:
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2645:
2640:on 4 August 2008
2636:. Archived from
2630:
2624:
2623:
2605:
2599:
2590:Simon Winchester
2588:As recounted in
2586:
2580:
2579:
2577:
2575:
2570:on 10 March 2008
2556:
2550:
2549:
2547:
2545:
2530:
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2519:
2514:on 19 March 2009
2510:. Archived from
2495:
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2488:
2476:
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2466:
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2438:
2420:
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2342:. Archived from
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2267:. Archived from
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2043:
2041:
2036:. Waterscape.com
2030:
2024:
2023:
2021:
2019:
2010:. Archived from
2000:
1994:
1993:
1988:. Archived from
1965:
1959:
1958:
1956:
1954:
1943:
1937:
1922:
1909:
1908:
1906:
1904:
1899:. Visit Somerset
1897:"Somerset Coast"
1893:
1887:
1886:
1884:
1882:
1876:
1870:. Archived from
1865:
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1848:
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1505:
1187:West Quantoxhead
1104:Southern uplands
1029:Stoke St Michael
997:thrust tectonics
978:Burrington Combe
923:sodium sulphates
905:To the north of
837:Northern uplands
753:Levels and moors
591:, Mark Moor and
215:Variscan orogeny
171:Cockercombe tuff
138:(volcanic ash),
4528:
4527:
4523:
4522:
4521:
4519:
4518:
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4498:
4497:
4496:
4491:
4417:Nottinghamshire
4347:Gloucestershire
4292:Buckinghamshire
4268:
4263:
4231:
4226:
4212:Somerset Levels
4177:Blackdown Hills
4174:
4055:
3874:Bristol Channel
3839:
3828:
3759:North Petherton
3744:Midsomer Norton
3654:
3648:
3622:
3619:Somerset Portal
3611:
3606:
3600:
3593:
3591:
3554:
3549:
3539:
3537:
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3523:
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3511:
3504:"Brendon Hills"
3502:
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3484:
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3467:
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3450:on 17 July 2011
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3230:10.2307/1789584
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3113:Natural England
3107:
3106:
3102:
3092:
3090:
3082:
3081:
3077:
3067:
3065:
3056:
3055:
3051:
3046:on 25 May 2011.
3038:
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2984:on 24 July 2008
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2394:"Sacred Spring"
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2193:Ordnance Survey
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2181:Ordnance Survey
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2169:Ordnance Survey
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2157:Ordnance Survey
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2116:Ordnance Survey
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2076:Ordnance Survey
2073:
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2059:Ordnance Survey
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2034:"River Parrett"
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1868:Good rock guide
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1509:Somerset portal
1507:
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1497:
1440:Wimbleball Lake
1420:Bristol Channel
1418:, close to the
1328:Middle Devonian
1263:
1257:
1133:Upper Greensand
1122:Blackdown Hills
1106:
1031:for aggregate.
867:in the east to
849:
841:Main articles:
839:
823:Gloucestershire
808:Glastonbury Tor
795:Somerset Levels
773:Glastonbury Tor
761:
759:Somerset Levels
755:
669:South Petherton
642:Kings Sedgemoor
601:Huntspill river
510:Somerset Levels
508:run across the
441:Gloucestershire
413:Bristol Channel
405:
349:Bristol Channel
331:
157:Rocks from the
120:
88:Somerset Levels
45:Gloucestershire
37:Bristol Channel
12:
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1428:Barle Valley
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743:River Quarme
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581:Westhay Moor
569:West Lydford
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4422:Oxfordshire
4337:East Sussex
4187:Chew Valley
4044:Congresbury
4040:Yeo rivers
3870:Axe rivers
3719:Glastonbury
3689:Castle Cary
3485:27 November
3380:Vsit Exmoor
3118:28 November
3068:15 November
2610:The Mendips
2325:. Page 187.
1748:3 September
1691:. Page 143.
1643:. Page 183.
1474:River Avill
1284:sedimentary
1249:Blue Anchor
1152:rift valley
1017:brachiopods
974:Ebbor Gorge
879:as well as
804:Brent Knoll
769:Brent Knoll
661:Cheddington
630:Castle Cary
619:Glastonbury
345:prehistoric
302:rocks with
296:Oxford Clay
273:lime mortar
271:for making
200:brachiopods
4502:Categories
4432:Shropshire
4397:Merseyside
4382:Lancashire
4322:Derbyshire
3986:Oare Water
3799:Wellington
3764:Portishead
3724:Highbridge
3674:Bridgwater
3437:"Minehead"
3420:7 December
3390:7 December
3360:3 December
3201:24 October
3143:3 December
2847:11 October
2720:"Ham Hill"
2408:31 October
2378:16 January
2233:"Somerset"
2018:30 October
1617:30 October
1608:"Somerset"
1538:References
1459:Simonsbath
1416:Simonsbath
1335:glaciation
1324:Glenthorne
1230:St Audries
1160:sandstones
1148:Wills Neck
1118:Penselwood
1025:Moons Hill
1021:trilobites
1009:Cretaceous
954:Portishead
950:Avon Gorge
934:sandstones
885:Black Down
881:Steep Holm
877:Brean Down
869:Crook Peak
853:River Avon
800:Mesolithic
701:Bridgwater
697:South Moor
693:River Tone
685:Aller Moor
677:Yeo (Ivel)
654:Bridgwater
626:River Cary
615:River Brue
545:River Brue
479:River Chew
425:tidal bore
365:Ungava Bay
338:Steep Holm
318:flats and
300:Cretaceous
292:Bath Stone
245:Carhampton
61:geological
4487:Yorkshire
4477:Wiltshire
4357:Hampshire
4287:Berkshire
4036:Whitelake
3961:Huntspill
3906:Cam Brook
3830:See also:
3816:Wincanton
3729:Ilminster
3709:Dulverton
3704:Crewkerne
3540:21 August
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3084:"Geology"
3058:"Geology"
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1821:27 August
1587:21 August
1565:21 August
1478:Lype Hill
1404:River Exe
1272:in winter
1223:heathland
993:volcanoes
946:anticline
915:Cotswolds
819:Avonmouth
788:Blue Lias
747:Exebridge
720:West Moor
652:north of
593:Huntspill
553:Wiltshire
547:rises at
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308:Greensand
265:Blue Lias
259:Sea. The
167:Quantocks
144:mudstones
118:Rock ages
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49:Wiltshire
4437:Somerset
4307:Cornwall
4302:Cheshire
4274:Counties
4031:West Lyn
4021:Washford
3971:Land Yeo
3931:Fivehead
3921:East Lyn
3879:Lyme Bay
3779:Somerton
3769:Radstock
3749:Minehead
3739:Langport
3734:Keynsham
3699:Clevedon
3662:Axbridge
3608:Somerset
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1495:See also
1482:Iron ore
1455:Medieval
1412:Exe Head
1310:through
1281:Devonian
1238:Jurassic
1207:Triassic
1179:Devonian
1164:Devonian
1126:Ham Hill
1047:Triassic
1039:Radstock
1005:Jurassic
990:Silurian
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911:Solsbury
681:Langport
638:Somerton
487:Pensford
481:between
463:and the
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381:Minehead
373:flooding
316:Alluvial
306:, Upper
257:Jurassic
252:Triassic
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4427:Rutland
4402:Norfolk
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3891:Banwell
3794:Watchet
3789:Taunton
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1144:Watchet
952:and at
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735:Exehead
716:Taunton
650:Dunball
549:Brewham
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522:Mendips
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226:Taunton
224:In the
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4452:Surrey
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4192:Exmoor
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1191:Middle
1156:slates
1082:silver
1067:strata
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