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| Hugh's Cave, Riggindale | ||
| Hugh's Cave | ||
| site name:- | Riggindale Crag | |
| locality:- | Mardale | |
| civil parish:- | Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | cave | |
| coordinates:- | NY45591154 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4511 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY41 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 20) placename:- Hughs Cave |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Hughs Cave" |
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| hearsay:- |
The first King of Mardale was Hugh Holme, who conspired against King John in the Canterbury
Conspiracy, 1209, and for a while Hugh had to hide in this cave. |
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