Harrison Jones
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I paid a visit to Caynton Caves (plural?) on the weekend, and thought I'd share some pictures that I took.
Sorry for the poor quality - my prep was bad and it's pitch black in there.
History:
Caynton Cave is a historical man-made cave that lies with the private grounds of the nearby Caynton Hall in the Shropshire countryside.
There are conflicting rumours regarding the origins of the cave, with some stating that it's an ancient Templar Cave, which was made for secret prayer. Other state that it's a grotto, built by slaves of the Legge family in the mid-19th century.
There is no way of really knowing the history, although there was an article about a man who found a "templar sword" in the cave more than 30 years ago (article here).
The explore:
This was my first explore on private property, but after scouting out the site on Google and seeing media from others that had visited, I decided that it was something I needed to see. My first thought was to just ask the owners of the hall, but I could not for the life of me find out who they actually are.
Sure, I could have knocked on the door; but this was not a short drive and rejection would have seen my plans stopped for the day in all liklihood.
I've also seen how they've put out numerous press pieces designed to put people off visiting, and how they've made some efforts to stop people; I decided that it would likely be rejected anyway.
I do feel like sites of potential historical significance like this, should have a route for requesting public access.
Anyway, it's pretty dark in there and I did not come fully prepared, so forgot my tea lights and all of the ones there were spent. If I visit again, I'll clean up the place because there are tealights everywhere.
The pictures (yes, there is a photograph of somebody down there. He was named but it's not shown in the photo so I think it's ok):
Sorry for the poor quality - my prep was bad and it's pitch black in there.
History:
Caynton Cave is a historical man-made cave that lies with the private grounds of the nearby Caynton Hall in the Shropshire countryside.
There are conflicting rumours regarding the origins of the cave, with some stating that it's an ancient Templar Cave, which was made for secret prayer. Other state that it's a grotto, built by slaves of the Legge family in the mid-19th century.
There is no way of really knowing the history, although there was an article about a man who found a "templar sword" in the cave more than 30 years ago (article here).
The explore:
This was my first explore on private property, but after scouting out the site on Google and seeing media from others that had visited, I decided that it was something I needed to see. My first thought was to just ask the owners of the hall, but I could not for the life of me find out who they actually are.
Sure, I could have knocked on the door; but this was not a short drive and rejection would have seen my plans stopped for the day in all liklihood.
I've also seen how they've put out numerous press pieces designed to put people off visiting, and how they've made some efforts to stop people; I decided that it would likely be rejected anyway.
I do feel like sites of potential historical significance like this, should have a route for requesting public access.
Anyway, it's pretty dark in there and I did not come fully prepared, so forgot my tea lights and all of the ones there were spent. If I visit again, I'll clean up the place because there are tealights everywhere.
The pictures (yes, there is a photograph of somebody down there. He was named but it's not shown in the photo so I think it's ok):
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