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The Culbin Sands

Near Findhorn, Moray

A rich estate buried overnight by a sandstorm.

In autumn 1694 a great sandstorm swept over the Barony of Culbin, a rich estate of farms and a mansion, burying it under sand. Legend says the laird had been playing cards on a Sunday with the Devil.

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When
Buried 1694
Where
57.6200, -3.7000
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

Culbin Forest has walking and cycling trails.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

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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