Archaeologists in the UK conducted a detailed survey of an antique cave dwelling believed to date from the early ninth century. The cave was once thought to be a “folly” created in the 1700s by an English noble, for him to dine inside of with his friends. A new study by the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) and Wessex Archaeology now believe the dwelling—known as the Anchor Church Caves—was carved out of the soft sandstone rock in the early medieval period. The dwelling features narrow doorways and windows, as well as rock-cut pillars, similar to ones found in a Saxon crypt near Repton. In addition, evidence suggests the cave was inhabited by deposed King Eardwulf (790–830), who has been identified in modern scholarship as Saint Hardulph after leaving the throne. The medieval abode, located between the towns of Foremark and Ingleby in South Derbyshire, is “probably the oldest intact domestic interior …