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An overview of the geology and rock types of the Mendip Hills

Information on the many types of rocks that make up the Mendip Hills.

Introduction to how the Mendip Hills have long been exploited for stone, and how a wide variety of rock types have been quarried for many purposes.

A timechart setting out the geological timescale by period, era and eon.

Illustrated descriptions of the ancient environments in which the rocks of the Mendips were formed.

A guide to the geology of Black Down, the highest hill on the Mendips at 325m above sea level.