Fowlmere Nature ReserveMaple Street Dolls HouseRoyston CaveShepreth Wildlife ParkTower Museum BassingbournWimpole HallRoyston Cave is unique in Europe. Believed to date from the 14th Century, it is a man-made cavern in the shape of a beehive, with a small aperture at the top for ventilation. Its most remarkable feature is an extensive range of wall carvings representing the Crucifixion, the Holy Family and several saints, among them St Katherine, St Laurence and St Christopher. There is evidence, from the wall carvings and other sources, that the cave may have been used by the Knights Templar. The Cave is also the site where two significant ley-lines cross.
The cave has a cylindrical lower part about 17 feet (5.2 m) diameter and 10 feet (3 m) high decorated with low relief carvings of medieval appearance some of which were originally coloured. At floor level there is a raised octagonal step surrounding the floor about 8 inches (20 cm) high. The upper part is bell shaped, making the total height of the cave 25 feet 6 in (7.7 m). Between the two parts, for most of the circumference there is a frieze marked in a diamond fashion and the diameter above this is 18 feet (5.5 m). The upper part also contains the original north entrance and the east shaft. The shape of the cave is thought to be modelled on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
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