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Cave Hole, Portland
Cave Hole (and the Blow Hole) is a large cave with a blow hole and a wooden crane (Broad Ope Crane) situated on the cliff top. Cave Hole lies on the south east side of the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England. It is found half a mile (800 m) north-east from Portland Bill. The interior cavern is 50 feet (15 metres) square and 21 feet (6.3 m) high.
==Background==
Cave Hole was originally known as "Keeve's" and often appeared in many of Portland's smuggling tales. The cave represents the first stage in cave collapse, and is a depression 12 metres inland from the sea-cliffs where the roof of an underlying sea-cave has collapsed. Over previous centuries, the surrounding area of the cave, like much of Portland Bill, has been quarried around the cliff edges.
Cave Hole is made up of a series of caves with steep roof sections, tunnels and ledges. The cave is also the prime Deep Water Soloing (DWS) area on Portland, as well as being a well protected site. The cave is popular with climbers, as the area dispels the myth that Portland is all flat walls full of crimpy holds.
A local mythical tale has surrounded the cave. The tale states that the cave is home to Roy Dog - a black dog, as high as man, with large fiery eyes, one green, one red. It is said that the creature emerges from the watery depths to seize any traveller passing by Cave Hole, and drags them down into his dark watery domain. The Roy Dog was subject to a tale in the book ''Dark Dorset'', written by Robert Newland and Mark North, who even used an artist's impression of the creature for the book's front cover.
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