Date:1900 - 1920 (c.)
Description:Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses, thought to be the earliest dwellings in the area. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy Austin Rock being one of them.
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Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses, thought to be the earliest dwellings in the area. The Edge ...
Rock Houses were built on two levels at Holy Austin Rock. The bottom level can be seen here. In 1861 ...
The name Holy Austin is thought to relate to the earliest known resident in the area, a Hermit in the ...
A brickwork chimney can be seen here, that was built to follow the line of the rock.
The Rock Houses on the upper level have the appearance of brick built cottages. They are on two stores ...
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