Old Wardour Grotto
article written by TW.
This is the “hermits grotto” at Old Wardour castle, built in the eigtheenth century by a local garden ornaments maker (Josiah Lane of Tisbury).
This is a completely artificial cave and it was made from the castle stones and volcanic lava from Bath. The fossils and water courses inside were designed to make the grotto look like a faerie home - when it reality it was just an overblown version of a garden pond. 
Fantastic.
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