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500m SE of Dove Holes Swallet, 125m east of Longedge Lane at the SE corner of a plantation. Artificial 'cave' called an 'Ess House', excavated from solidified limekiln waste heaps by limekiln workers in the 19th century and used as accommodation.
References
(1800), Visit to Grin Low, The Buxton Diamonds or Grateful Ellen , pp 30, London
(1996), Grin Hill, Buxton: A major Derbyshire limestone quarry, Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 116, pp 101-34,
(2004), A 2004 Survey and interpretation of an early limeburning complex at Peak Forest, Derbyshire, Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 124 , pp141-215.,
(2022), "When is a cave not a cave? When its an Ess House", Descent No. 286, pp 26-27, Wild Places Publishing
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Entrance
Ess House SW of A629 Peak Forest to Wanted Inn
Interior
