<< Our Photo Pages >> Hob Thirst's Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in England in Derbyshire
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Hob Thirst's CaveCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.353 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Derbyshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Village: Kings Sterndale
Map Ref: SK097713
Latitude: 53.238642N Longitude: 1.856122W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Marko saw from a distance on 22nd Aug 2020 - their rating: Cond: 4 Access: 3
An interesting and accessible cave in Deep Dale, the cave has a wide opening which narrows into a pot hole. Hob is a local name of a goblin who is said to have made everything on the farm be successful and indeed stuff left at the cave would be mended. but if annoyed milk turned sour,and panic ensued. A charm used in this district stated "Churn, butter, churn! Peter stands at our gate, Waiting for a butter-cake! Churn, butter, churn!"
Indeed Deep Dale was was noted for fairies and once a work man caught one and put it in his bag but it screamed so much he let it go.Of the cave an article in 1890 reads: "At the further end of the chamber there was a hole in the stalagmite floor .... After passing through this aperture there was a drop of 6 feet, which leads to a chamber 17 feet long, 3-5 feet wide and 6 feet high. They came to another chamber...whence they passed to another chamber. To the right there was a passage.... At the end of this passage they crawled through a small hole whence they dropped...into another chamber 40 feet long.. The floor was level...at the end of which there was a passage along the bed of which, in wet weather, ran a small stream. The following week they could see there was another long chamber below...."
The site is certainly evocative but I would advise against further exploration based on above. Romano-British Brooches and burials have been found at the site, but it is not clear whether this is a domestic site or a metal working site with seasonal occupation.
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