Mendip Hills
The Mendip Hills are
limestone hills in north
Somerset,
England. The hills are home to a number of limestone features, including
caves (
Wookey Hole), limestone pavements, and a number of gorges, most famously
cheddar gorge. The hills form the northern boundary to the
Somerset Levels. 200 sq km of the Mendips are an
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, a designation which gives the area the same level of protection as a
National Park. The area contains many
neolithic,
iron age and
bronze age remains, including barrows and forts. Some of the area is intensively farmed, but most is
calcareous grassland and woodland.
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