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Sandford Levvy entrance
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in Winscombe and Sandford, North Somerset, UK
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- Uploaded on December 24, 2006
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- Camera: NIKON E885
- Exposure: 0.017s (1/60)
- Focal Length: 11.10mm
- F/Stop: f/3.200
- ISO Speed: ISO400
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
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FollowMeChaps, on December 24, 2006, said:
Sandford Levvy - This horizontal tunnel was originally excavated in 1830 by a local entrepreneur looking for ores. Small traces of galena , sphalerite and ochre can be still be see today. The mined tunnel which is over 1/4 mile long breaks into natural cave passage in places with an aven which extend upwards over 150 feet to near the surface; possibly the lost Gulf of Sandford? In WW2 the Home Guard used this cave.
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