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Chapel Rift

Chapel Cottage, Sandford.

NGR:ST 4202 5926
WGS84:51.32947, -2.83356
Length:6 m
Depth:6 m
Altitude:40 m
Tags:Mine
Registry:westmendip

Small mine working, partly in limestone and rest in Dolomitic Conglomerate. The south end of the rift is blocked with huge boulders.

Alternate Names: Chapel Cottage Rift

Notes: 10m from the front door of a large house (Chapel Cottage) next door to the Methodist Chapel.

Surveys:
[Chapel Rift], ACG, 1990

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