UBSS Proceedings 29(3), pp 241-250
The Romantic Movement and a 'Lost Cave' in the Avon Gorge
2024
A cave on the northern side of the Black Rock in the Avon Gorge, Bristol, has been identified as the cave
painted by J.M.W. Turner and visited by Robert Southey in the late 18th century. The cave was later (1805) used as a hideout for a gang of local thieves, at which point it was known as St John’s Hole.