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St Robert's Cave

📍 KnaresboroughNorth Yorkshire

Cave cut from the limestone gorge of the Nidd; C. 13 hermitage of Robert Flower, venerated locally as a saint.

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St Robert's Cave A view of the holy man's cave entrance.
St Robert's Cave A view of the holy man's cave entrance.Photo: beamcottage · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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Cave cut from the limestone gorge of the Nidd; C. 13 hermitage of Robert Flower, venerated locally as a saint.

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