Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
Notification 1987 | | |
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Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot (
notified
in 1987.
This site consists of two of the largest isolated depressions, known as dolines, occurring in the Mendip limestone area, and both appear to have been formed by the limestones being dissolved by subterranean waters and the overlying rocks then collapsing into them.
Sources
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)