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Deep Quarry, Hamdon Hill

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Address: South of the Public House on Ham Hill,
Near Norton-sub-Hamdon.
County: Somerset
Postcode: BS40 5RB
Nearest Town: Yeovil
Map Reference: ST481615
Grid Reference: E: 348100 N: 116545
Further Information: This quarry is believed to have been abandoned soon after the 1880's. The high quarry faces exhibit good examples of cross bedding, vertical joints and a large gull (Stanier 2000: 81).
Associated Name(s): Deep Quarry, Hamdon Hill.
Period(s) Quarried: Post Medieval.