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 ====== Latest News & Updates ======
+** 26 Jan 2026 ** - [[https://mcra.org.uk/logbooks/files/Pat%20Cronin/Pat%20Cronin%20-%202025.pdf|Pat Cronin’s 2025 caving and digging log]] added to the [[https://www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks/index.php?/category/Pat_Cronin|collection]].
+** 1 Jan 2026 ** - [[https://mcra.org.uk/logbooks/files/ATLAS/ATLAS%20Digging%20Log%202024.pdf|ATLAS digging team log for 2025]] added to the [[https://www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks/index.php?/category/ATLAS/Digging_Log_Archives|archive]].
+** 4 May 2025 ** - A new MCRA publication {{ :mines:stone_mine_fatalities_injuries_and_incidents_-_alan_gray_may_2025.pdf |Accidents In Bath Stone Quarries From Newspaper Reports (1384 To 2006)}} has been added to the [[mines:start|mining and quarrying]] section. Compiled by Alan Gray, this book presents a compendium of reports of accidents in the Bath stone quarries obtained from newspaper archives, with selected photos and illustrations, 253 pages.
+** 2 Feb 2025 ** - Added a new page for articles and information related to [[mines:start|mining and quarrying]] in the region, including the Bath and Corsham stone mines.
+** 5 Jan 2025 ** - [[https://mcra.org.uk/logbooks/files/Pat%20Cronin/Pat%20Cronin%20-%202024.pdf|Pat Cronin’s 2024 caving and digging log]] added to the [[https://www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks/index.php?/category/Pat_Cronin|collection]].
+** 2 Jan 2025 ** - [[https://mcra.org.uk/logbooks/files/ATLAS/ATLAS%20Digging%20Log%202024.pdf|ATLAS digging team log for 2024]] added to the [[https://www.mcra.org.uk/logbooks/index.php?/category/ATLAS/Digging_Log_Archives|archive]].
+** 24 Oct 2024 ** - The MCRA has taken over the Caving slot in the Mendip Times. A section with appropriate links has been added to the website.
+** 7 Sep 2024 ** - Somerset Underground 4 (East Mendip, Bath & South Somerset) is available for [[https://www.mcra.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=for_sale#somerset_underground_-_4|purchase direct from the MCRA]].
+** 11 Aug 2024 ** - The MCRA is pleased to announce that the eagerly awaited //fourth// volume of Somerset Underground will be officially launched at the Hunters' Lodge on **September 7th**, starting around at 7.30 p.m. Comprising 283 pages, it contains details of more than 500 natural caves, mines, sinks, risings, springs, holy wells and artificial underground sites in East Mendip, Bath and South Somerset including the Bath hot springs, Glastonbury and the major catchment area of St Andrew’s Well. Priced at a mere £10 (plus p&p), this is a stitched, flexibound, full-colour production especially designed for use in the field. Postal sales will be available shortly after.
 ** 20 Jul 2024 ** - //Is That So?// - Rob ‘Tav’ Taviner’s collection of entertaining caving tales, originally published by the MCRA in 2010, is now available as a PDF download in the [[:articles:start#books]] section of the archive.
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 ==== Articles & Books ====
-The [[articles:start|articles]] section carries publications of spelaeological interest
+The [[articles:start|articles]] section carries publications of spelaeological interest and electronic copies of some of the books published and authored by the MCRA.
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 Links and downloads pertaining to the [[geology:start|geology]] of the Mendip Hills and the surrounding region.
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+==== Mining and Quarrying ====
+Items regarding the historic [[mines:start|stone mines and quarries]] of the Mendips and surrounding areas of Bath, Corsham.
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 ==== For Sale ====