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Ammonite Rift

Eastern shore of Fonthill Lake, Fonthill Bishop.

NGR:ST 9369 3164
WGS84:51.08404, -2.09146
Length:10 m
Depth:5 m
Altitude:130 m
Tags:Cave
Registry:wbc

The cave has an upper (Persistence Rift) and a lower entrance and is a narrow rift containing an large fossil ammonite. There are a number of other tight choked rifts in the same quarry.

Alternate Names: Persistence Rift, Quarry Wood Rift, Rotten Rock Rift

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