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Peak Cavern

Castleton, Derbyshire

Britain's largest cave entrance, nicknamed the Devil's Arse.

Peak Cavern has the largest natural cave entrance in Britain. For around 400 years, a community of rope makers lived and worked inside it, and their rope walks can still be seen.

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When
Used for centuries
Where
53.3410, -1.7790
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Guided tours run daily, with rope-making demonstrations.

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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