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Helictite Well

Shipham.

NGR:ST 4441 5732
WGS84:51.31226, -2.79896
Length:26 m
Depth:11 m
Altitude:150 m
Tags:Well
Registry:westmendip

A 0.8m diameter drystone walled shaft 9m deep with a pile of rubbish at the bottom. A passage 1m high enters a gallery 8m long. A 1m climb leads to an Upper Gallery. There are strange formations in the Lower Gallery resembling helictites.

Alternate Names: Helictite Mine, Womble Well, Womble Mine

Notes: The shaft was cleared in 2003 and a lead pipe runs across the shaft.

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