Fairy Cave Quarry
Fairy Cave Quarry is between Stoke St Michael and Oakhill in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. Quarrying was first started on the site in the early 1920s.Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillier’s Cave and Harridge Wood.
Hillier’s Cave
Cave
Hillier's Cave is a cave in Fairy Cave Quarry, near Stoke St Michael in the limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. It falls within the St.
Harridge Wood
Forest
Photo: Chris Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harridge Wood is an area of woodland in Somerset, England. From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800.
Stoke Lane Slocker
Cave
Photo: Dmvward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stoke Lane Slocker is a cave near Stoke St Michael, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in the English county of Somerset. It is 2.18 km in length and reaches a depth of 30m. Stoke Lane Slocker is situated 4,000 feet east of Fairy Cave Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashwick and Oakhill.
Ashwick
Hamlet
Photo: Lyn Yates, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826.
Oakhill
Village
Photo: ChurchCrawler, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles in size, and is notable for former activities which including brewing.
Binegar
Village
Photo: Sharon Loxton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Binegar is a small village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located on the A37, 4 miles east of Wells, between Shepton Mallet and Chilcompton. Binegar is situated 3 miles northwest of Fairy Cave Quarry.
Fairy Cave Quarry
- Type: Quarry
- Description: disused limestone quarry in Somerset, England
- Categories: limestone quarry and industry
- Location: Stoke St. Michael, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.22668° or 51° 13′ 36″ northLongitude
-2.49302° or 2° 29′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C3V6GG4+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 336054156OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q5430947
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