
What is recorded here
Manifold Valley, with Thor's Cave as a back drop is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Thor's Cave is a limestone cave formed through natural processes of chemical weathering in the Carboniferous limestone of the Manifold Valley area. The cave has local folklore associations, often linked to Norse mythology due to its name, though no archaeological remains within the cave are widely documented.
The picture record does not grant public access. Use signed public paths and do not enter private land without permission.
Places near here
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Thor's Cave from the Manifold WayCave or cavern · 77 yd
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Dafar BridgeHeritage place · 612 yd
Darfar BridgeListed building · 829 yd
Wetton Church and GraveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1175 yd
WEAG's BarnVisitor information · 1338 yd
Wetton Low bowl barrowScheduled monument · 1587 yd
Cheshire WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Wetton LowMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Bowl barrow on Wetton Hill 650m north-west of Under WettonScheduled monument · 1.3 mi
Grindon MoorMountain / peak · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Brian Deegan · CC BY-SA 2.0