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Mortimer's Hole and Queen Isabella

Down through the rock.

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Mortimer's Hole and Queen Isabella

Screams in the rock.

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What's there
Caves and tunnels in the castle rock
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Before you go

Castle museum with guided cave tours; admission charged. Check before you go.

  • Nottingham Castle
  • Near A6005
  • The pin marks the spot.

The She-Wolf still walks.

In 1330 the young Edward III's men are said to have entered Nottingham Castle through a rock passage. They seized Roger Mortimer, the lover of Queen Isabella. Legend says Isabella's ghost, the 'She-Wolf of France', still haunts the castle. The passage was named Mortimer's Hole.

Sources

  1. BBC News: Mortimer's Hole reopens —
  2. Nottingham Castle: Mortimer's Hole, BBC Nottingham —
  3. Nottingham Hidden History Team blog (Frank E Earp) —

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