This
is situated just north of Royston. The
inscription reads:
"The
Bear Cave is a local name for a drainage shaft that was constructed
for the Barnsley Canal. The canal was last used in 1953 but sections
are still clearly visible on the walk.
The bear became extinct in this country by the XVI century but there
is still a wide variety of life that can be found along the Boundary
Walk.
A
whole range of birds including swans, ducks and other water fowl,
herons, woodpeckers, owls and raptors such as the kestrel, sparrow
hawk and merlin have all been seen.
Badgers,
foxes and rabbits are also common, look carefully across the fields
and you may see a hare, or, down by a stream, a water vole or even
a grass snake, southern hawker or emperor dragonfly."
