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Whitley Head Rift

M5, Banwell.

NGR:ST 3798 5872
WGS84:51.32418, -2.89144
Length:8 m
Depth:5 m
Altitude:37 m
Tags:Cave, Lost
Registry:westmendip

West end of Banwell Hill, high in the floor of the motorway cutting. Rift in Triassic breccia, opened while making cutting. Explored and destroyed in 1971.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: ACG N/L Nov 1972 p45

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