Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot

Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset
Grid reference ST531498
Coordinates 51°14′44″N 2°40′24″W / 51.24543°N 2.67330°W / 51.24543; -2.67330Coordinates: 51°14′44″N 2°40′24″W / 51.24543°N 2.67330°W / 51.24543; -2.67330
Interest Geological
Area 1.8 hectares (0.018 km2; 0.0069 sq mi)
Notification 1987 (1987)
Natural England website

Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot (grid reference ST531498) is a 1.8 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Ebbor Gorge 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.

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