The Rock Houses of Staffordshire

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Mar 12, 202623:40Science & Medicine

Martha Kearney visits the unique cave dwellings at Kinver Edge that were lived in until the 1960s. Cosy cottages were built into the soft red sandstone with windows and doors and families lived in them for generations. M...

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