The birthplace of the strange and secret cave Caynton is the city of Shropshire in England. This cave is known as Rabbit Cave, but its original name is Caynton Cave. The cave is said to have been built about 700 years ago by a knight who defended Jerusalem during the Crusades. The knight built this cave to have more security underground. Some say that this cave dates back to the 17th century and others consider the 18th and 19th centuries as the year of its construction, but what is important is that this cave is strange and special.
Upon entering this underground shelter, a mysterious sensation is emitted to the visitor. The rabbit cave is located on a privately owned land and this has made it difficult to visit this cave. The land where this strange cave is located belongs to the Legge family, an agricultural land that is partly forested and close to the town of Shifnal. In fact, the landowner announced in 2012 that no tourists were allowed to enter his land anymore because he was tired of the large number of tourists and their travels, and said that tourists had destroyed his farmland. With all the details, it seems that with a little insistence, tourists can still visit this magical cave.
This amazing cave is located in England, 50 km northeast of Birmingham. At the moment, because it is not possible for the public to visit the cave, you should visit it in person and talk to its owner. Unfortunately, there are no tourist services or public transportation to reach this cave and they do not even mark it on the map, so your only way for this adventure will be to ask the locals and talk to the owner.
At first, if you are unaware of the existence of this cave, you will surely pass by it carelessly, but if you know that there is such a place and look very carefully, the entrance of the cave will be determined. To enter, you must walk completely bent. Sometimes you have to bend inside the cave, too. Spider webs can be seen in the corners of the cave and the places that have a slight slope are full of sludge because rain water easily enters the cave and stays in it. But most of the cave is dry.
This cave is a networked place, or in other words, it is composed of nested and irregular rooms, which makes it even stranger. It is made of sand, stone and soil, and archaeologists have examined the cave’s rocks, believing that it dates back to the early 19th century, but some still say that the cave was built in the 17th century.
What you will feel good about here is the pristine nature of this place; It is as if nothing has changed here for hundreds of years and time has stopped moving in this cave.
It is true that because of its troubles, no one chooses this cave to see these days, but every special experience requires effort and perseverance, and if you love mysterious and special places, do not forget the rabbit cave.
The roof of the cave is about 1 meter below the ground and has a steep entrance, so it has been hidden from passers-by for years. If you look at the walls of some rooms, you will see signs and symbols that are written in Latin or cryptic, and unfortunately there is no information about their meaning. We only know that some of them are signposts so that newcomers do not get lost in the rooms. The area of this cave is approximately 250 meters and certainly the stones used in its construction have been extracted from the surrounding mines. The beautiful underground cave also has window-like niches or platforms that were used to store items.
The cave is said to have belonged to medieval knights, but there is no credible evidence for this, and the knights had no reason to fear because Pope Urban II announced in 1095 that the knights involved in the Crusades, have been forgiven of their sins.
Therefore, the exact purpose and date of construction of this cave is still disputed. The most ancient theory says that this cave belongs to 700 years ago. There is a rumor that this cave is really the house of rabbits and everything is like the story of Alice in Wonderland, but this is just a rumor, maybe this cave as a home and shelter for humans or a place They used it for worship, but it certainly was not the rabbits’ house, and if a rabbit was found in it, it must have entered the cave by accident.
If you look at the rumors and history from a more scientific point of view, the appearance of the cave shows that this place must belong to the late 18th and early 19th century, and its use seems to be wise due to the excavations of stone extraction from the mine. It was later used by people (perhaps even knights) for shelter. But still the main reason is not clear.
