Key Stage 3

Visitor guide and map to many churches of interest in the area.

Burrington Camp is a multiphase hill-slope enclosure of late prehistoric date.

Discover how the earliest scientifically dated cemetery in Britain, 10,200 and 10,400 years old, was found at Aveline's Hole

The remains of mine workings can be seen across much of central and western Mendip, especially around Shipham, Charterhouse, Priddy and Stockhill Forest. Iron, lead, zinc and ochre have all been mined at various times and places across Mendip. The old mine workings are often characterised by areas of 'gruffy' ground, a local name for uneven hummocky landscape created during mining operations. On eastern Mendip, coal mining was more important.

Discover the long history of mining on the Mendip Hills stretching back over 2000 years to Iron Age times.

Discover how spoil heaps produced by the lead mining industry provide a particularly distinctive Mendip habitat.

Discover the semi-natural habitats of the Mendip Hills that have developed as a consequence of a complex interaction of underlying geology, soils, aspect, climate, and a range of other factors.

A gallery of photographs spanning 150 years of quarrying in the Mendip Hills.

Quarry Faces community heritage project has told the story of quarrying in the Mendips, and created an archive of oral history recordings and over 1,000 historic images.

Field study centre, providing a range of learning experiences for schools and students of all ages, through classroom activities and practical fieldwork in working and non-operational quarry sites.