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Poole's Cavern, Buxton

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Poole's Cavern, Buxton
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Poole's Cavern, Buxton is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Poole's Cavern, Buxton is a limestone cave formed by the dissolution of Carboniferous Limestone through glacial meltwater and underground rivers. The cave has a long history of human use, with archaeological evidence dating back to the Bronze Age, and it was later developed as a tourist attraction in the 19th century.

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Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0