Compton Martin Ochre Mine (grid reference ST543566) is a 0.85 hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the north side of the Mendip Hills, immediately south west of Compton Martin village, Somerset, notified in 1988.
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ComptonMartinOchreMine (grid reference ST543566) is a 0.85 hectare geological and biological Site of Special Scientific Interest located on the north...
ComptonMartin is a small village and civil parish within the Chew Valley in Somerset and in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority in England...
was mined for its yellow ochre which was used as a dye in paint making, until the 1920s, which gave it its alternative name of Axbridge OchreMine. Access...
Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2015. "ComptonMartinOchreMine" (PDF). English Nature. 14 October 1996. Archived from the original...
of the area almost certainly include the Romans (who are known to have mined lead on the top of the Mendips) and earlier still, prehistoric man, who...
1544 products of Roman lead working in the area were discovered. The lead mines across the Mendips have produced contamination of the water emerging from...
interest, including Blagdon Lake, Burledge Hill, Chew Valley Lake, ComptonMartinOchreMine, Harptree Combe and two sites at Folly Farm. The small and medium-sized...
diverted the Chew such that it flowed north rather than west through ComptonMartin to join the Avon. "Pigs" (ingots) of lead from the Charterhouse Roman...
Bristol. It is just south-east of Blagdon Lake, just off the A368 between ComptonMartin and Blagdon. There is some evidence of a burial tumulus from neolithic...
iron tools, and a lead ingot which probably originated from the Roman lead mines in the Mendip Hills. Coins minted across the Roman empire were also found...
Compton Bishop is a small village and civil parish, at the western end of the Mendip Hills in the English county of Somerset. It is located close to the...
birds can be seen, especially during the spring and autumn migration. Sand martins (Riparia riparia) arrive early and can usually be seen hawking over the...
Banwell Caves and ComptonMartinOchreMine in the Mendip Hills, Chilmark Quarries in Wiltshire, and Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines near Bath. In Dorset...
Banwell Ochre Caves (grid reference ST407593) are a 12.46-hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Banwell, North Somerset...
were found by miners, for example the Banwell Caves which were opened by ochre miners in 1757. Many caves in the Mendip area were photographed by caver...
flows through North Somerset, England. The river rises in the centre of ComptonMartin village, in the district of Bath and North East Somerset, as a spring...
located on Shute Shelve Hill. It is a natural cave system which was mined for its yellow ochre, until the 1920s. The phreatic cave contains fossils of speleothems...
by Mendip Rail. Barnclose Quarry Brambleditch Quarry Cliff Quarry, ComptonMartin Cloford Quarry — geological Site of Special Scientific Interest Cloud...
(19 km) east of Weston-super-Mare on the A368 between Churchill and ComptonMartin. The village was called Blachedon in the 1086 Domesday Book and the...
just south of Chew Valley Lake on the A368 between Bishop Sutton and ComptonMartin. The village has a pub and several shops including a post office. With...
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