Looking out of the cave -
The cave is 200 feet (61m) long and the cave opens out on the cliff face, 250 feet (76m) above the Avon gorge and 90 feet (27m) below the cliff top.
History tells how the cave was part of a small chapel in 305 AD.
Romano-British pottery has revealed that it may have been a holy place and place of refuge.
During the 17th century it is believed that it was home to a man living in religious solitude. At this time there was no tunnel
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