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George Burt

A Victorian businessman and developer of the adjoining Durlston estate, Burt opened Tilly Whim Caves as a tourist attraction in 1887, blasting a new entrance and adding inscriptions and seating around the wider park rather than working the quarries themselves, which had fallen silent decades earlier.

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MineRegionYears
Tilly Whim Caves Dorset 1887–1976

Record created: 22 August 2026

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