Mendip Hills, a range in Somersetshire, extending 23 miles south-eastward from Weston-super-Mare to Shepton Mallet, and 5 to 6 miles in breadth. The highest point is Black Down (1067 feet). The limestone of the Mendips is pierced by numerous caverns, some of which have yielded prehistoric remains; and lead-mining, now much decreased in importance, has been carried on from pre-Roman days, calamine-mining being a later industry.
Mendip Hills
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 133–134
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