It is funny that the current CTR freak crowd blames Anglo-Saxon's for their wows. The problem is the Anglo-Saxons were defeated and marginalized by the Normands in 1066. History is hard.
Anchor Church Caves: Anglo-Saxon Home and Oldest House in Britain?
Archaeologists conducting a survey of a previously overlooked cave dwelling in Derbyshire have concluded that the sandstone caves were actually an Anglo-Saxon home way back in the 9th century. They’ve even gone so far as to announce that the cave could have been home to the exiled King Eardwulf.
Read the rest at the link.From 18th Century Folly to Anglo-Saxon House
The artificial sandstone rock caves located near Ingleby, cut into a cliff overlooking a River Trent tributary, have historically been remembered as an 18th century folly, a term to describe a usually costly, but decorative, construction that was created for no purpose other than to provide pleasure. In the 18th century the Burdett family enlarged the caves, adding a door, in order to hold picnics there for their guests in the grounds of Foremarke Hall.
According to the Derbyshire Historic Environment Record , “it became the favorite retreat of Sir Robert Burdett, who had it fitted up so that he and his friends could dine within its cool, and romantic cells.”