Hawkstone Park Follies

1818: Description taken from Shropshire; or, Original delineations, topographical, historical and descriptive of that county by Revd.Joseph Nightingale (p287):
“There is a sinuous perforation in the rock, called St Francis’s cave, the entrance to which is under the fantastic roots of an old yew tree.”
1840: A Description of Hawkstone, the seat of Sir R.Hill, Bart. M.P.
“The guide will then conduct you to a subterraneous passage, usually called St Francis cave, into which you enter under the curiously twisted root of a most venerable yew-tree.”