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The Brahan Seer

Chanonry Point, Black Isle

A prophet burned in a tar barrel, whose predictions are still quoted.

Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, was said to see the future through a stone with a hole in it. Legend says he was burned in a barrel of tar at Chanonry Point after telling Lady Seaforth that her husband was being unfaithful.

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When
1600s
Where
57.5740, -4.0930
Group
Unexplained

Visiting

Chanonry Point is famous for watching dolphins. The memorial stone is near the lighthouse.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Artifacts and Civilizations

Not every mystery needs a lost continent. This book investigates fifty-nine real and often overlooked puzzles from the ancient and modern world: a temple older than farming itself, astonishing structures, out-of-place artifacts, and technologies lost to time. Each case is weighed honestly, with a clear ledger of the case for and against, so you can make up your own mind. Some cases collapse under scrutiny. Others remain genuinely unexplained. All of them are stranger than Atlantis.

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