Shute Shelve Cavern
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Shute Shelve Cavern
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Shute Shelve Cavern is a natural cave system located in Shute Shelve Hill, Somerset, England, above Axbridge in the Mendip Hills not far from Cheddar. The phreatic cave contains fossils of speleothems over 350,000 years old. It was mined for its yellow ochre which was used as a dye in paint making, until the 1920s, which gave it its alternative name of Axbridge Ochre Mine. Access is controlled by the Axbridge Caving Group via a locked gate and completely closed during the bats' roosting season.
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Cave in Somerset, England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shute_Shelve_Cavern
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2022-04-11T20:02:07Z
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