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Now said to be below ground,<ref>See [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/81047478 comment by R3nowned at Panoramio: 'In search of Robin Hood's Cave' by Rob Howl].</ref> Robin Hood's Cave was (is) located by a path immediately east of Derby Road, some 1.5 km SSE of central Kirkby in Ashfield. About 700 m NE of the site of the cave are found [[Robin Hood's Hills (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Hills]] and [[Robin Hood's Chair (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Chair]], while the [[Robin Hood (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood]], a public house, could once be frequented about 600 m S of the Cave, just south of Annesley at what was then a crossroads but is now the corner of Derby Road and Forest Road. The earliest source for this place-name would seem to be an O.S. map from ''c.'' 1825.<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, pp. 64, 294.</ref>
Now said to be below ground,<ref>See [http://www.panoramio.com/photo/81047478 comment by R3nowned at Panoramio: 'In search of Robin Hood's Cave' by Rob Howl].</ref> Robin Hood's Cave was (is) located by a path immediately east of Derby Road, some 1.5 km SSE of central Kirkby in Ashfield. About 700 m NE of the site of the cave are found [[Robin Hood's Hills (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Hills]] and [[Robin Hood's Chair (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood's Chair]], while the [[Robin Hood (Kirkby in Ashfield)|Robin Hood]], a public house, could once be frequented about 600 m S of the Cave, just south of Annesley at what was then a crossroads but is now the corner of Derby Road and Forest Road. The earliest source for this place-name would seem to be an O.S. map from ''c.'' 1825.<ref>{{:Gover, John Eric Bruce 1940a}}, pp. 64, 294.</ref>
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== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 302, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Cave' [II] and 'Robin Hood's Hills'
* {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, p. 302, ''s.n.'' 'Robin Hood's Cave' [II] and 'Robin Hood's Hills'

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Robin Hood's Chair.
Robin Hood's Cave is hidden somewhere under the bracken (photo by Rob Howl, from Panoramio – no longer online).

By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2016-10-04. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-07-12.

Now said to be below ground,[1] Robin Hood's Cave was (is) located by a path immediately east of Derby Road, some 1.5 km SSE of central Kirkby in Ashfield. About 700 m NE of the site of the cave are found Robin Hood's Hills and Robin Hood's Chair, while the Robin Hood, a public house, could once be frequented about 600 m S of the Cave, just south of Annesley at what was then a crossroads but is now the corner of Derby Road and Forest Road. The earliest source for this place-name would seem to be an O.S. map from c. 1825.[2]

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