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Royston Cave

Royston, Hertfordshire

A secret bell-shaped cave carved with saints, under a busy crossroads.

In 1742 workmen digging under a market crossroads found a hidden chamber cut into the chalk. Shaped like a bell, its walls are covered in carvings of saints, crucifixions, knights and strange figures, probably from the Middle Ages.

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When
Found 1742
Where
52.0484, -0.0244
Group
Unexplained

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Open on weekend afternoons in summer.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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