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Hermit's Cave

Other OS name in the Parish of Harthill

Etymology

, cf. vnto ye harmytt for ye brengynge of V Coppull of Counys frome Bradley to Haddon 1549 DbA xvi , for Bradley v. Bradley Rocks supra 46 . Within the cave , cut from the solid rock , is the partly mutilated figure of the crucifix .