Old Wardour 18th Century Grotto.

The Grotto of Old Wardour Castle was built in 1792 by Josiah Lane of Tisbury, who at the time was a well-known builder of garden ornaments and other grottos in the area. He was commissioned to build the artificial cave, complete with dripping water, fossils and ferns from brick, plaster and stone from the ruins of the castle. Some of the stones built into the grotto were taken from the nearby now ruined Tisbury stone circle.

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