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is all about excursions in the countryside including caving and digging trips, walks and thoughts.

Simmonds, V. 2014. An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst. Mendip Cave Register & Archive (MCRA). (currently being revised, 2016)

An overview of the archaeology of Mendip caves and karst is freely available online at www.mendipgeoarch.net and in the archaeology section of the Mendip Cave Register & Archive at www.mcra.org.uk

25th March 2015

2015 Posted by mendipgeoarchPosted on Wed, March 25, 2015 21:20:17

Another sinkhole collapse has appeared close to Priddy Circle No. 1 at NGR ST 53813 52569 (hand held GPS: accuracy 7m). The opening is c.0.6m x 0.5m and 0.7m deep, it appears to ‘bell out’ below ground surface. The collapse is situated in a depression that has been back-filled sometime in the past and is on the west side of Priddy Circle No.1.



More from the day job!

2015 Posted by mendipgeoarchPosted on Wed, March 25, 2015 06:08:50

Recently excavated this curious crescent shaped group of features associated with a circular group of pits suggested to be a henge. The group is inside the larger group of pits on the NW side and might represent some kind of screen (?) to entry from that side into the henge (?). Located in Dorset, geology is chalk.