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Hellfire Caves: Barnet families visit site of 18th-century secret society

The Hellfire Caves in Buckinghamshire, dug in the 1750s by Sir Francis Dashwood, were once a meeting place for a secretive club linked to pagan rituals and drunken orgies. Today, the site attracts families from Barnet and beyond, with interpretation boards focusing on workers and local history rather than its scandalous past.