Site of Robin Hood's Cave near Annesley
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Site of Robin Hood's Cave near Annesley
Image: © Jonathan Clitheroe Taken: 15 Jul 2022
Romantically associated with the famous outlaw who would sit here at the cave entrance surveying the wealthy travellers passing through the valley below carrying their valuable wares. A very helpful local chap who lives nearby explained how him and other local children would play in the cave before the unstable sandstone bedrock led to the local council infilling the site. There's nothing to see now really - the area is obscured by heavy bracken, gorse and sycamore undergrowth, some of which I had to scrape away to even obtain this picture. One for the imagination I guess...
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Image Location
Latitude
53.084571
Longitude
-1.240038