Description: Caves in re-entrant angle of Castle Rock on terrace, and just north west of, Rock Cottage. The brickwork in the corner is the remains of a cottage inhabited by the artist Henry Dawson in 1812 to 1814. The caves which are found here as well as all over Nottingham are one of the most difficult and intricate problems of local archaeology. Some of them are natural; others are artificial, but date back to prehistoric times, others again are mediaeval or even modern cellars. They have always been famous, and Asser, the friend and biographer of King Alfred, writing about 900, tells us that the ancient name for Nottingham was Tiuogobauc, which he translates as meaning ' the cave dwellings.' Later etchings and pictures show the caves with windows fixed in place, used for habitation and storage.