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Wemmergill Hole

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Wemmergill Hole is shown as a cave on the public map of County Durham. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Wemmergill Hole is a limestone cave formed through karst processes in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Durham region. The cave has historical significance as a site associated with the 17th-century Wemmergill Witch Trials, where two women were imprisoned and died.

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