Robin Hood's Cave (Walesby)

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Robin Hood's Cave, Walesby

[[File:|thumb|right|500px|Robin Hood's Cave is located opposite the red can / Tim Heaton, 19 Apr. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.]]

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-10-02. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-05.

Robin Hood's Cave on the east bank of Whitewater – the local name for River Maun – is located about half a kilometre north of Whitewater Lane. The name 'Robin Hood's Cave' is first recorded in an early O.S. map published in 1825.

Visitors to the cave describe it as 'not more than a hollow in the Sherwood Sandstone', which is 'approached by a precarious walk along the base of the cliff' or note that '[i]n reality, there is no cave – just a slight overhang of red sandstone'. According to one, '[t]he feet of countless visitors have worn away the topsoil' near the outcrop. If the locality attracts many sightseers this is no doubt due to several circumstances. There is of course the alleged Robin Hood-connection and the proximity to remnants of Sherwood Forest, and the rock, a remarkable and lovely reddish cream, sits by the river in a wooded area, with the Robin Hood Way running past it on the east side. Template:PnItemQry

Gazetteers

• Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), p. 302, s.n. Robin Hood's Cave [2].

Sources

• Gover, J.E.B.; Mawer, Allen; Stenton, F.M. The Place-Names of Nottinghamshire (English Place-Name Society, vol. XVII) (Cambridge, 1940), p. 64.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.6 (1885; surveyed 1884)
• 25" O.s. map Nottinghamshire XIX.6 (c. 1899; rev. c. 1897-98). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.6 (1920; rev. 1915) (georeferenced)
• 25" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.6 (1920; rev. 1915)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1900; rev. 1897–98) (georeferenced)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1884; surveyed 1883–84)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1900; rev. 1897–98)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1921; rev. 1915)
• 6" O.S. map Nottinghamshire XIX.NW (1900; rev. 1897–98) (georeferenced).

Background

• Nottingham Wayfarers' Rambling Club; Price, Roland, introd. The Robin Hood Walks: A Comprehensive Guide to Walks in Robin Hood Country including the Third Edition of the Guide to the Full Route of Nottinghamshire's First Recreational Footpath, The Robin Hood Way (Leicester: Cordee, ©1994), pp. 87, 88 (map), 89, 91, 145.

Notes

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  At Robin Hood's Cave by the River Maun / Neil Theasby, 13 Nov. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Above Robin Hood's Cave / Stephen Ostler, 25 Jan. 2020, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Robin Hood's Cave is located opposite the red can / Tim Heaton, 19 Apr. 2009, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Sandstone outcrop by the River Maun, beneath lies Robin Hood's Cave / Jonathan Thacker, 1 Oct. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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  Sandstone outcrop by the River Maun, the colour of the exposed rock is rather startling / Jonathan Thacker, 1 Oct. 2018, Creative Commons, via Geograph.

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