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Thor's Cave Derbyshire Peak District

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Thor's Cave Derbyshire Peak District
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Thor's Cave Derbyshire Peak District is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Thor's Cave in the Derbyshire Peak District is a limestone cave formed through the process of chemical weathering, typical of the Carboniferous Limestone geology in the area. The cave's name reflects local folklore associating it with the Norse god Thor, though no archaeological evidence of prehistoric or historic human activity within the cave has been recorded.

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Photo: Martin Spamer · CC BY-SA 2.0