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King Arthur's Cave

Near Symonds Yat, Herefordshire

A cave of mammoth bones and hyena dens, named after Arthur.

High in the woods above the Wye Valley, King Arthur's Cave has given up the bones of mammoths, cave lions, hyenas and woolly rhinos, along with tools left by Stone Age hunters. Legend links it to King Arthur, and one tale says his treasure is buried inside.

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When
Stone Age
Where
51.8400, -2.6600
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Free, reached by a woodland walk from the Doward.

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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