Blagdon in England
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Fairy Toot

The Fairy Toot is an extensive oval barrow in the village of Nempnett Thrubwell, Somerset, England. It is an example of the Severn-Cotswold tomb type which consist of precisely-built, long trapezoid earth mounds covering a burial chamber. Because of this they are a type of chambered long barrow. Fairy Toot was formerly a chambered cairn which is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, on the national monument register as '198102'.

Located at 51.3532, -2.69067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bath and North East Somerset, Bronze Age sites in England, Buildings and structures in Somerset, History of Somerset, Megalithic monuments in Europe, Neolithic settlements, Visitor attractions in Somerset, Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Somerset, Archaeological sites in Somerset, Barrows in the United Kingdom

Blagdon Lake

Blagdon Lake ST515597 lies in the Chew Valley at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, approximately 10 mi (16 km) south of Bristol, England. The lake was created by Bristol Water (Bristol Waterworks Company as it was known then), when it dammed the River Yeo, starting construction in 1891 and completing this in 1899. The Wrington Vale Light Railway was constructed primarily to bring building materials for the lake.

Located at 51.3343, -2.69757 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in Somerset, History of Somerset, Mendip Hills, Drinking water reservoirs in England, Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon, Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1971, Reservoirs in Somerset, Nature Conservation Review sites, Wetland Sites of Special Scientific Interest

Lulsgate Plateau

Lulsgate Plateau is the name given to the Carboniferous Limestone hills which form a northern outlier of the Mendip Hills, southwest of Bristol, England, approximately 600 feet above sea level, which has been occupied since prehistoric times. 40x40px Look up coombe in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The major feature on the plateau is Bristol International Airport.

Located at 51.3667, -2.71667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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North Somerset, Geography of Somerset, Mendip Hills

Black Down, Somerset

Black Down is the highest hill in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, in south-western England. Black Down lies just a few miles eastward of the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare, and provides a view over the Chew Valley. The summit is marked with an Ordnance Survey trig point, the base of which has been rebuilt by the Mendip Hills AONB authority. The shortest route of ascent goes from the Burrington Combe car park and is approximately 1 km long.

Located at 51.3116, -2.7417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Marilyns of England, Mendip Hills, Hills of Somerset

Aveline's Hole

Aveline's Hole is a cave at Burrington Combe in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain was found at Aveline's Hole. The human bone fragments it contained, from about 21 different individuals, are thought to be between roughly 10,200 and 10,400 years old. A series of inscribed crosses found on the wall of the Aveline's Hole cave are believed to date from the early Mesolithic period just after the Ice Age.

Located at 51.3247, -2.75333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Caves of the Mendip Hills, Limestone caves, Wild caves

Upper Flood Swallet

Upper Flood Swallet which was originally known as Blackmoor Flood Swallet, is a cave near Charterhouse, in the carboniferous limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI. The entrance was revealed in the Great Flood of 1968, giving the cave its name. It was dug consistently since then with breakthroughs occurring in 1971, 1972, 1985 and 2006. At of September 2008 it is over 3.5 km in length and around 125m deep.

Located at 51.2988, -2.71037 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Caves of the Mendip Hills, Limestone caves, Wild caves

Pierre's Pot

Pierre's Pot is a cave in Burrington Combe on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The cave was discovered in 1983 and has two main levels, the lower level being reached through an extremely tight rift. There is an active streamway and sump which, following a 15 m dive, leads to another streamway and a number of passages. The derivation of the cave's name is from one of the nicknames of Mike "Fish" Jeanmarie of the Axbridge Caving Group in the early 1960s.

Located at 51.3216, -2.7515 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Caves of the Mendip Hills, Limestone caves

Charterhouse Camp

Charterhouse Camp is a univallate Iron Age hill fort in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated approximately 0.6 miles east from the village of Charterhouse. There is some evidence, in the form of burials in local caves, of human occupation since the late Neolithic times and the early Bronze Age.

Located at 51.3004, -2.7099 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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History of Somerset, Hill forts in Somerset, Iron Age Britain