Moneystone village in the Staffordshire Moorlands is well-named. For dozens of years, this small hamlet has had quarrying in it and around it. Extraction of minerals meant a livelihood for many.
This strange arrangement at one of its cottages is fascinating. This house abuts a large outcrop of rock at one end, as you can see. I would guess (I'm not sure) that a cave in the rock was once lived in, and the cottage, bit by bit, was built on to it, as a sort of 'extension', till the cottage became bigger than the cave - and the two are now fused together as one.
i am confused by the comment about the cave being lived in. i know that house well, the rooms ajoining the rock are solid rock. no cave. although i may be wrong
ReplyDeleteYes, you are dead right. I'm afraid I got confused! I'll change the text of the post.
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