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Rabbit hole leads to 700-year-old Knights Templar cave

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Re: Rabbit hole leads to 700-year-old Knights Templar cave

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An interesting observation from the photos is that you can see evidence of light vandalization (mostly "names" carved into the rock). This implies these caves are part of some hyper local knowledge (at least as a party room for teenagers).

- I wonder what the oldest vandalization is?

- Could it be that there are many others in the area, which is why this hasn't been formally discovered before? How many times has it been "rediscovered" in the last 700 years?

- Is it actually a rabbit hole (as in: a hole used by rabbits) or just a "door"? Seems likely that it "looks" like a rabbit hole, but is actually a (perhaps maintained) door into the cave.

Re: Rabbit hole leads to 700-year-old Knights Templar cave

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Post by pera »

frikk wrote: post #3

An interesting observation from the photos is that you can see evidence of light vandalization (mostly "names" carved into the rock). This implies these caves are part of some hyper local knowledge (at least as a party room for teenagers). - I wonder what the oldest vandalization is? - Could it be that there are many others in the area, which is why this hasn't been formally discovered before? How many times has it b…

> In 2012, it was reported that the owners of the caves closed them to people wanting to visit after they found they had been filled with candles, graffiti and rubbish. The entrance to the caves was sealed up in attempt to keep the trespassers at bay.

http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2017/03/07/in-pictures-se...

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