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A small sinkhole opened up at a golf course in England \u2014 revealing a breathtaking, long-lost 19th century wine cellar with dozens of historic bottles.<\/a><\/p>\n Groundskeeper Steve Hopkins found the wine cellar near the 13th hole at the\u00a0 Davyhulme Park golf club in Trafford. Davyhulme Park Golf Club\/SWNS<\/p>\n Groundskeeper Steve Hopkins uncorked the hidden treasure near the 13th hole at the\u00a0Davyhulme Park golf club in Trafford, he said Wednesday.<\/p>\n \u201cI am the first person to go in that room for over 100 years,\u201d he told the UK Guardian<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re thinking it\u2019s just a drain that needs digging out and clearing and repairing but as we dug deeper and deeper it just opened underneath us.\u201d<\/p>\n Hopkins then spotted a mysterious underground door, crouched through it and saw an arch-ceilinged brick cellar with dozens of empty, blackened glass bottles of wine<\/a> and port.<\/p>\n The former wine-lovers dream stash was part of Davyhulme Hall, a historic 12th-century manor house that was once home to the medieval English knight John de Hulme.<\/p>\n Dozens of empty bottles of wine and port were found in the cellar. Davyhulme Park Golf Club\/SWNS<\/p>\n A groundskeeper first thought the sinkhole was a broken drain. Davyhulme Park Golf Club\/SWNS<\/p>\n The Hall was demolished in 1888 before and the golf club was built on the property in 1911.<\/p>\n