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Cow Shed Cave

Stats

Grade1
Length6
Depth
Altitude344
Location53.2945 -1.8863
OS NGRSK 0767 7752

Feature

  • Arch
  • Cave
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Key Documents

mapCow Shed Cave Survey

Location

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Entrance of Cow Shed Cave

Access

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

Darton, W (1800), Visit to Grin Low, The Buxton Diamonds or Grateful Ellen , pp 30, London
Leach, J T (1996), Grin Hill, Buxton: A major Derbyshire limestone quarry, Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 116, pp 101-34,
Barnatt, J and Dickson (2004), A 2004 Survey and interpretation of an early limeburning complex at Peak Forest, Derbyshire, Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 124 , pp141-215.,
Brooks, S. (2022), "When is a cave not a cave? When its an Ess House", Descent No. 286, pp 26-27, Wild Places Publishing

Gallery

Entrance
Cow Shed Cave / Entrance
Ess House SW of A629 Peak Forest to Wanted Inn
Cow Shed Cave / Ess House SW of A629 Peak Forest to Wanted Inn
Interior
Cow Shed Cave / Interior