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Southside, Weston-super-Mare.
| NGR: | ST 32231 61955 |
| WGS84: | 51.35261, -2.97455 |
| Length: | 0 m |
| Depth: | 0 m |
| Altitude: | 62 m |
| Tags: | Lost |
| Registry: | mcr-n |
Located at the upper end of plot of "Merton" No. 15 in Southside W-S-M. Possible site for discovery of Pleistocene vertibrate remains in the 1860's. The bones may have come from a cave.
Located at the lower South side of Southside, W-S-M. Cave at the foot of the hill "corniced with smooth, parallel and horizontal grooves" discovered by local surgeon Charles Pooley in the early 1860s. Built over by 1868.
Charles Pooley discovered a cave on the site of the villas on the South side of Southside W-S-M. The site was built over in 1865.
Alternative Names: Legendary Cave, Southside Pleistocene Site, Southside Bone Cave, Mackintosh's Cave, Pooley's Cave
Notes: Found during house-building operations in the 1850s at Southside and noted by geologist D. Mackintosh.
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This entry was last updated: 2024-03-06 18:23:51
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