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The Hermitage, Dale Abbey
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- Camera: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY KODAK LS755 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA
- Taken on 2007/04/15 09:48:58
- Exposure: 0.017s (1/60)
- Focal Length: 60.00mm
- F/Stop: f/2.800
- ISO Speed: ISO64
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
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Dave Lauberts, on August 27, 2007, said:
From http://www.derbyshireuk.net/daleabbey.html Behind the church is an ancient area of woodland containing beech, ash, oak and lime trees. Situated in the wood is Hermit Cave, hewn out of the sandstone cliff by a 12th century Derby baker who wished to live a life as a recluse. It is well preserved, measuring six yards by three with a doorway, two windows, a peephole and a niche for a light. A story goes that, one day when Ralph Fitz-Geremund had come from Normandy to hunt in his English woods, he found the hermit, and, touched with pity for his poverty, gave him not only the site of the hermitage but a tithe of this mill at nearby Borrowash. Then the hermit built himself a more pretentious oratory and a cottage to end his days.