Rock Chapel of St Mary [The Rock Hewn Chapel of St Mary Le Roche] Cave or Rock Shelter : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

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Submitted by HOLYWELL on Saturday, 23 February 2008 Page Views: 10238

Natural PlacesSite Name: Rock Chapel of St Mary Alternative Name: The Rock Hewn Chapel of St Mary Le Roche
Country: England County: Nottinghamshire Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Nottingham
Map Ref: SK56433926
Latitude: 52.947766N Longitude: 1.161623W
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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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-1	Completely destroyed

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3 Access:

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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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
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**Rock Chapel of St Mary** submitted by HOLYWELL : Looking down to the openings of the Chapel Rocks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Probably the most ancient and interesting of the multitude of caves in the city of Nottingham. Its location suggests to many antiquarians that it was carved out my ancient Britons and these caves were the source of the name Tigguocobauc thought to derive from the celtic for house of caves.

They were certainly used from in the 1200s (and possibly since Saxon times) as a chapel. The carving out in parts in in a Romanesque fashion, having a barrel roof with decorated string course between it and the wall. Parts of the structure suggest a shrine as in Repton which pilgrims could walk all the way around. Whatever was here it was destroyed in the Reformation. The site went through various uses and stages of abandonment. Finally in the early part of this century it was restored as a consequence of the construction of new apartments on the land infront of it.

Access can be made by phone or when it is opened for Heritage Open days in September. If you are in the area it is worth a look.
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