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Godminster Lane Quarry & Railway Cutting

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Godminster Lane Quarry & Railway Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset. It is one of 177 SSSIs in the county. It is the smallest of them. Bruton Station is under a kilometre away.

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