Ebbor Gorge is a limestone gorge in Somerset, England, designated and notified in 1952 as a 63.5-hectare (157-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Mendip Hills. It was donated to the National Trust in 1967 and is now managed by Natural England as a national nature reserve.
The gorge was cut mostly into the Clifton Down Limestone, part of the Lower Carboniferous Pembroke Group, by water. The site was occupied by humans in the Neolithic Era and their tools and flint arrow heads have been discovered, along with pottery from the Bronze Age. There are also fossils of small mammals from the Late Devensian. The nature reserve provides a habitat for a variety of flora and fauna, including flowers, butterflies and bats.
EbborGorge is a limestone gorge in Somerset, England, designated and notified in 1952 as a 63.5-hectare (157-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific...
Cheddar Gorge Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar...
300 ft) long ascends towards a now-blocked fossil resurgence in the EbborGorge. The total length of passages in this area is about 820 metres (2,690 ft)...
described in the area. A sample of mendipite was found at the head of EbborGorge. Along with the rest of South West England, the Mendip Hills have a temperate...
on Exmoor including Dunkery Beacvon, the highest point in the county. EbborGorge is important for both biological and geological interest. Map all coordinates...
appeared there in 1373. Heading south from Priddy, the route passes through EbborGorge National Nature Reserve, and on to Wookey Hole, famous for its cave and...
Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania Blyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga Kloof, KwaZulu-Natal (The word Kloof means 'gorge' in Afrikaans[citation needed]) Komati Gorge Lanner...
footpaths both pass through the village, as does National Cycle Route 3. EbborGorge National Nature Reserve is just outside the village. Robinson, Stephen...
Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011. "EbborGorge NNR". Natural England. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014. Retrieved...
Limestone Stratigraphic range: Carboniferous Clifton Down Limestone in EbborGorge, Somerset Type Formation Unit of Pembroke Limestone Group, Carboniferous...
Burrington Combe is a Carboniferous Limestone gorge near the village of Burrington, on the north side of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural...
including Wookey Hole, underground rivers, and gorges, including the Cheddar Gorge and EbborGorge. The county has many rivers, including the Axe, Brue...
reservoir is supplied with water taken from the Cheddar Yeo river in Cheddar Gorge. The inlet grate for the 54 inches (1.4 m) water pipe that is used to transport...
Global Information
