• Mendip Rocks, Earth Science Lecture Day

    Mendip Rocks are holding a number of presentations on Saturday 17th October as part of the Earth Science Week. Talks will include:-

    Anjana Khatwa, award winning presenter and writer: "The Whispers of Rock: Stories from the Earth". Vince Simmonds, archeologist and cave explorer: "Echoes of the Ice Age: A Pleistocene Record from Mendip Cave Deposits" Of particular interest will be the recent find, the Woolly Rhino Skull that is now in Wells Museum. Owen Dukes - Geologist (Tarmac) "Mendip Mineral Resources"

    Click here for details

World's deepest gypsum mine

Lankyman

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An interesting article about the gypsum mine in the Eden Valley


I used to drive past this quite often when I lived in Cumbria and always fancied a trip down there. The site at Kirkby Thore is one of the few really obvious industries in that part of Cumbria.
 
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