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Sand Cave

Banwell Quarry, Banwell.

NGR:ST 3986 5886
WGS84:51.32565, -2.86449
Length:4 m
Depth:4 m
Altitude:80 m
Tags:Cave, Lost
Registry:westmendip

Small chamber with chimney leading to the surface.

Alternate Names: Footprint Cave

Notes: Lost site - now filled in due to quarry having been used as a rubbish dump

Surveys:
Remains of the Sand or Footprint Cave, Banwell Quarry (now filled in), Hunt, Jim, 1990
[plan of Banwell Quarry], Hunt, Jim, 1990
[various archaeological sections], Hunt, Jim, 1990

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