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Bishop's Lot Swallet

Hunters' Lodge Inn (Rookham House), Priddy.

NGR:ST 5496 4947
WGS84:51.24262, -2.64661
Length:0 m
Depth:0 m
Altitude:0 m
Tags:Karst
Registry:mcr-cs

This vast 10m deep depression was probed by Balch in about 1900, who found only clay. The name probably refers to ownership by the Bishops of Bath and Wells, who had considerable lead mining and agricultural interests on Mendip.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

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