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Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England.

Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England. The cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone. One of the rocks, 'Holy Austin', was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are now owned by the National Trust. Kinver Edge is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, England.
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Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England.
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Kinver Edge is home to the last troglodyte dwellings occupied in England. The cave-houses excavated into the local sandstone. One of the rocks, 'Holy Austin', was a hermitage until the Reformation. The Holy Austin rock houses were inhabited until the 1960s. They are now owned by the National Trust. Kinver Edge is on the border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire, England.
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