King Arthur's Cave (Grid Reference SO545155; map and satellite photograph) is situated above the River Wye below Doward Park Campsite, near Whitchurch in Herefordshire. There are two chambers in the limestone face, each extending back about 10m and sharing a common entrance. Past excavations have revealed bones of cave bear, woolly rhinoceros and hyena, evidence of Mesolithic occupation, as well as finds of Bronze Age, Roman, Medieval and Post Mediaeval date.

During investigations in 1994-7, large volumes of artefacts and animal bones from the last glacial and post-glacial periods were recovered.

The association with King Arthur is said by some to have come via the discovery in the caves of a large skeleton with a spear in 1695, while others link the find with the British prince, Vortigern.

The River Wye