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Limekiln Quarry Fissure Limekiln Quarry Cave Whatley Quarry Fissure - 1 Whatley Quarry Outfall Reynard's Hole Inaccessible Cave Mells River Sink (Neptunian Dyke) Mells River Sink (Estoval) Whatley Quarry Fissure - 3 Whatley Quarry Fissure - 4 Whatley Quarry Fissure - 5 Wadbury Valley Crag Cave Mells Tunnels
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Limekiln Quarry, Mells.
| NGR: | ST 7320 4870 |
| WGS84: | 51.23685, -2.38526 |
| Length: | 15 m |
| Depth: | 12 m |
| Altitude: | 122 m |
| Tags: | Cave, Lost |
| Registry: | mcr-en |
13m shaft lead to bridge over cavity completely filled with calcite crystal. Stanton suggests it being a large geode
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Opened by quarrying in 1949. Destroyed.
Surveys:
Crystal Pot, Browne, P.M., 1949
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