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The Hermit's Cave

Cratcliffe Tor, Derbyshire

A medieval hermit's shelter with a crucifix carved in the rock.

Hidden behind two ancient yew trees at the foot of Cratcliffe Tor is a small rock shelter where a hermit lived in the Middle Ages. Carved into the wall is a crucifix, about a metre tall.

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When
Medieval
Where
53.1680, -1.6430
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

On private land near Birchover, but reached by a public footpath. Please treat it with respect.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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