Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot

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Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot

Area of Search	Somerset
Grid Reference	ST531498
Interest	Geological
Area	1.8 hectare
Notification	1987
Location Map	[Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot English Nature]

Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot (grid reference ST531498) is a 1.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, 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.

[edit] Source

English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 10 August 2006)

[edit] External links

English Nature website (SSSI information)

v • d • e Geological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset

Summary:	Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)

SSSIs:	Ben Knowle · Blue Anchor to Lilstock Coast · Brean Down · Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins · Bruton Railway Cutting · Cheddar Complex · Cloford Quarry · Cook's Wood Quarry · Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill · Doulting Railway Cutting · Emborough Quarries · Glenthorne · Godminster Lane Quarry and Railway Cutting · Greylake · Ham Hill · Hobbs Quarry · Holwell Quarries · Hurcott Farm · Hurcott Lane Cutting · Lamb Leer · Langport Railway Cutting · Laycock Railway Cutting · Leighton Road Cutting · Low Ham · Maes Down · Maesbury Railway Cutting · Miller's Hill, Milborne Wick · Moon's Hill Quarry · Priddy Caves · Priddy Pools · Rodney Stoke SSSI · Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot · Seavington St Mary · Shepton Montague Railway Cutting · Snowdon Hill Quarry · St. Dunstan's Well Catchment · Thrupe Lane Swallet · Vallis Vale · Viaduct Quarry · Windsor Hill Quarry · Wookey Hole · Wookey Station · Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl

Neighbouring areas	Avon · Devon · Dorset · Wiltshire