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Mendip Hills

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Mendip Hills range of hills, c.25 mi (40 km) long, across N Somerset, SW England, extending SE from the vicinity of Hutton to the Frome valley. Primarily limestone, the hills have numerous caves (Wookey Hole, Cheddar Caves), some of which show signs of prehistoric occupation. In the hills are ruins of Roman lead mines, an amphitheater, and a Roman road. The gorges near Cheddar are particularly notable. Livestock raising and quarrying are important there.

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Mendip Hills

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Mendip Hills, England/UK Menedepe The first syllable may come from the Welsh mynydd ‘hill’, or a Celtic word, possibly mönïth, closely related to this, and possibly the Old English hop ‘valley’. This contradiction may simply describe the hills and valleys of the range. However, the second syllable may come from the Old English yppe ‘plateau’ to describe the Western Mendip which forms a plateau.

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mendip

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

mendip Hill or ridge that has been buried by younger rocks and subsequently exposed by erosion. The type example is provided by the Mendip Hills, England, described by W. M. Davis in 1912, but today the term is used only very rarely.

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mendip

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

mendip A hill or ridge that has been buried by younger rocks and subsequently exposed by erosion. The type example is provided by the Mendip Hills, England, described by W. M. Davis in 1912, but today the term is used only very rarely.

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Mendip Hills

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Mendip Hills Somerset. Menedepe 1185. Probably Celtic *mönïth ‘mountain, hill’ with an uncertain second element, perhaps OE yppe in the sense ‘upland, plateau’.

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