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But only during the rush hour. This road is quite busy at certain times of day, being used as a east/west bypass north of Frome. About half a mile from Great Elm.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.1km<br/>A little over half a mile to go.
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.1km<br/>Certainly there were two limekilns reported as operating just downstream from Bedlam alongside the Mells Stream in the 1840s. One is shown above and this is a different one. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/836657 For detailed information see http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mendips/more_info/east_mendip_quarries_history.htm
©Rick Crowley
Dist:0.3km<br/>Horizontal Jurassic Oolite overlying dipping Carboniferous Limestone at the very Eastern end of the Mendips. Probably one the best examples of an unconformity in Southern England.
©David Doff
Dist:0.3km<br/>The mineral line to Whatley Quarry is in a small cutting on the far side of this field. The tower of the parish church at Buckland Dinham is on the skyline to the left.
©Maurice Pullin
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©David Doff
Dist:0.4km<br/>Bridge on disused railway which was used for transporting coal. Now the line forms part of Colliers Way (National Cycle Network Route 24) http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/transportandstreets/walkingandcycling/cycling/NCN24-PlacesofInterest.htm
©Roger Gittins
Dist:0.4km<br/>An example of unconformity. An unconformity is a buried erosional surface separating strata of different ages; it indicates that sediment deposition was not continuous. In an angular unconformity, such as the one shown here, younger strata of sedimentary rock rest upon the eroded surface of tilted or folded older rocks. The above description is taken from "Abrupt global events in the Earth's history: a physics perspective", 2010 Rep. Prog. Phys. 73 122801, and is the author, Gregory Ryskin's, description of the image as reproduced in that article.
©Patrick Mackie
Dist:0.4km<br/>This art form appears below the arch of the railway bridge. Nothing to say what it might represent. Our first thought was a sundial but this is a bright day at 14:36 yet no shadow is apparent.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.4km<br/>Seems to have been there some time, close to an old quarry.
©Rick Crowley
Dist:0.4km<br/>All that now remains, a very pretty place to walk beside the Mells Stream
©Rick Crowley
Dist:0.4km<br/>This arch is on the former Frome to Radstock railway line. Still used for freight serving one of the large Somerset limestone quarries. The 12 hands piece of artwork is under this arch on the right-hand side.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.4km<br/>Hapsford House was constructed around the shell of a former cottage around 1820. It was built as a country villa for George George, A woollen cloth manufacturer from Frome. More in http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=57088
©Maurice Pullin
Dist:0.5km<br/>View from Bucklands Bridge[[1636801]] to lane leading to Great Elms. This lane is part of the Macmillan Way. http://www.macmillanway.org/
©Roger Gittins
Dist:0.5km<br/>This panorama has been compiled from 3 separate photographs.
©Roger Gittins

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