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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redcliffe_Caves

The caves were dug to provide sand for glass making and pottery production.[1][2] They were dug into the Triassic red sandstone cliffs,[3] which give the area its name,[4] adjacent to the southern side of Bristol Harbour, behind Phoenix Wharf and Redcliffe Wharf. The first excavation was during the Middle Ages but the majority of the digging was during the mid 17th and early 19th centuries.[5] In the larger caverns the stone columns supporting the roof were not sufficient and these have been supplemented with wall arches made of stone, brick and more recently of concrete.[6]

In 1346 a hermit called John Sparkes lived in the caves and prayed for his benefactor Lord Thomas of Berkeley. Several other hermits lived in the caves between the 14th and 17th centuries.[4]

There is no evidence to support the rumours that the caves were used to hold slaves during the Bristol slave trade of the 17th and 18th centuries,[5] however they were used to store the goods brought in by ships from Africa and the West Indies.[7] There is some evidence that prisoners captured during the French Revolutionary Wars or Napoleonic Wars were imprisoned in the caves, while involved in the creation of the New Cut.[8][6]

Once the final glass factory in Bristol had closed the caves were used for storage and the disposal of rubbish. Some of the waste came from the Redcliffe Shot Tower at the corner of Redcliffe Hill and Redcliffe Parade, where the cellar was dug out into one of the tunnels.[9] Waste from the lead shot production process was deposited between its opening in 1782 and closure in 1968.[10][11][12]

During World War II small parts of the caves were surveyed for use as an air raid shelter.[13][14] A bomb created a crater into the caves which was subsequently filled in blocking access to some parts of the cave system.[6]

The caves have been used as an underground venue for the Bristol Film Festival,[15][16] and for theatre productions.[17]

DONT BOTHER CONTACTING THE RECLIFFE CAVES PEOPLE AS THEY DONT REPLY TO ANYONE... complete waste of time.

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