Go to the Main Mendip Cave Registry Search PageMap with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk
Go to the Main Mendip Cave Registry Search Page
Longsplatt, Kingsdown.
| NGR: | ST 82566 67256 |
| WGS84: | 51.40406, -2.25202 |
| Length: | 0 m |
| Depth: | 0 m |
| Altitude: | 143 m |
| Tags: | Shaft |
| Registry: | wbc |
The shaft is shown as an "Air Shaft" on late Victorian large scale OS maps. The shaft is now built over.
Alternative Names: Longplatt Quarry Air Shaft
Notes: The air shaft served the underground workings of Longplatt Quarry, opened in 1890 by the Northey Stone Company Ltd. The quarry closed in 1920 due to insufficient reserves of viable Bath stone.
Links and Resources:
Search for this site in the MCRA Bibliography.
This entry was last updated: 2020-09-07 17:16:34
Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.
All database content Copyright 2026 Mendip Cave Registry and Archive.
Your use of this website is subject to the Disclaimer.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.