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• River Mole
  ...=45 |pages=35–67 }}</ref> Much of the catchment area lies on impermeable rock (including Wealden Clay and London Clay), meaning that the river level resp ...rking to Leatherhead railway was constructed in 1859, a fossilised swallow hole was discovered in the cutting at the south end of Box Hill and Westhumble r
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• Mendip Hills
  ...nd only a fraction of what lies beneath; the most famous entry is [[Wookey Hole]], from which a series of galleries and passages lead down beneath the hill ...ired to visit the vast majority of the caves, but Cheddar Gorge and Wookey Hole Caves are two caves which are easily accessible to the public. The active M
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• Auchope Cairn
  ...chope Cairn, a plain description is that it is a summit strewn with broken rock, scoured by the wind and where the weather descends swiftly. It is however ...e below Auchope Cairn - geograph.org.uk - 557678.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hen Hole]]
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• Channel Tunnel
  In 1979, the "Mouse-hole Project" was suggested when the Conservatives came to power in Britain. The A small, two-inch diameter pilot hole allowed the service tunnel to break through without ceremony on 30 October
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• Swanscombe
  ...chalk for use on the fields above, or the mining may have been a re-use of hole dug for defence. In any case, the practice of digging the holes reached a p ...ay and chalk. The first mining activity known in the area was for flint, a rock commonly found across the [[North Downs|North]] and [[South Downs]] and in
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• Stonehenge
  ...yolite, tuff and volcanic and calcareous ash; in total around 20 different rock types are represented. Each monolith measures around 6 feet in height, betw ...vered charred wood, animal bones, pottery and urns. He also identified the hole in which the Slaughter Stone once stood. At the same time Richard Colt Hoar
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• Papa Stour
  ...the most sheltered anchorage and the surrounding cliffs contain a natural rock arch. Housa Voe to the east (Old Norse: 'house bay') is less secluded but i ...le. The lack of peat led to 'turf scalping' for fuel and the bare areas of rock in the interior.<ref name=PSG/><ref>Spence, David (1979) ''Shetland's Livin
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• Providenciales
  Opportunities for sightseeing and hiking are reasonable. At Osprey Rock and Sapodilla Hill there are traces left from the high days of the pirates ...ped of the Turks and Caicos Islands, boasting many resort hotels and an 18-hole golf course. The island has recently become popular with retired folk from
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• Saltash
  ...ily called Essa lived in the twelfth century at their property near Ashtor Rock, where the Manor Courts were once held. ...ties. Not far to the north is the China Fleet Country Club which has an 18 hole championship standard golf couse, a swimming pool with spa and other fitnes
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• Lulworth Cove
  ...en also are the rock arch of Durdle Door, a "little brother" cove, [[Stair Hole]], and the other sights and sites of the Jurassic Coast. The cove has formed because there are bands of rock of alternating resistance running parallel to the shore (a concordant coast
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• Isle of May
  ...oth languages, including "Tarbet" (''tairbeart'', an isthmus), "St Colme's Hole" (''Colm Cille'') and "Ardchattan" from Gaelic, and "Kirkhaven" which may r The island's rock is "fine grained basalt of a dark-grey colour with tinges of green and gree
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• Rum
  ...cles 20 inches in diameter and weathering on Barkeval has produced unusual rock sculptures. On Sròn an t-Saighdeir there are large sorted granite boulder ...pages 222-23.</ref> When Bullough died in 1891 he was buried on Rum, in a rock-cut mausoleum under an octagonal stone tower. This was later demolished and
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• Canvey Island
  ...91007.jpg|right|thumb|The petrochemical shipping and storage facilities at Hole Haven]] The southern area of the Canvey Island West ward at Hole Haven has predominantly existed as petrochemical site since the first const
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• Mourne Mountains
  ...nd Hen; Percy Bysshe; the Devil's Coach Road; and Pollaphuca, which means "hole of the fairies or sprites". The Mournes are visited by many tourists, hillwalkers, cyclists and rock climbers. Following a fundraising drive in 1993, the National Trust purchas
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• Northwich
  ...1883),'Flash (Cheshire), a subsidence of the surface due to the working of rock salt and pumping of brine.' OED,Second edition, 1989; online version Decemb ...04}}</ref> The Smith-Barrys were looking for coal, but instead discovered rock salt, in the grounds of the family home, Marbury Hall, to the north of Nort
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• Donaghadee
  ...thin the harbour area and further south in what became known as the Quarry Hole at Meetinghouse Point was used to form the outer slopes of the two piers; b ...l water hazards lurk to catch the stray shot. The 18th hole is a finishing hole with out of bounds on both left and right, while the sea breeze can provide
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• Gigha
  ...the north are the rocks called An Dubh Sgeir (a common name meaning "black rock") and Gamhna Giogha. The Sound of Gigha separates Gigha and its attendant i There are also many small rocks and skerries (small rock islands) in the seas around Gigha. Asked by a tourist if he knew where they
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• Ireland's Eye
  [[File:Long Hole-Ireland's Eye.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Long Hole'' where Sarah Kirwan's body was found]] ...islet called Thulla. The most spectacular feature is the huge freestanding rock called "the Stack", at the north-eastern corner of the island, which plays
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• Dawlish
  ...each or seawall, the coast can be followed a maile and a half to Langstone Rock and the resort of [[Dawlish Warren]] beyond, although this path is blocked ...village. Dawlish's transformation from a fishing settlement to a watering hole for Victorian celebrities is documented at the Dawlish Museum.
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• Hayle
  ...g ships, including the SS ''Cornubia'' and the world's first steam-powered rock boring machine.<ref>[http://www.cornishworld.net/timeline2.htm Cornish Worl ...provides tooling to a global market and offers revolutionary products for hole boring.<ref>[http://www.rigibore.com Rigibore: company website]</ref> Basse
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