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The Caves of Keash

Keshcorran, County Sligo

Caves where a king was raised by a she-wolf.

Sixteen cave mouths open in the cliff of Keshcorran hill. Legend says the High King Cormac mac Airt was raised here by a she-wolf, and that Finn McCool was trapped in them by witches.

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When
Ice Age onwards and legend
Where
54.0670, -8.4630
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

A steep climb from the road. Wear good boots.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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