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Dirk Hatteraick's Cave

Near Creetown, Dumfries and Galloway

A smugglers' cave made famous by Sir Walter Scott.

The Solway coast was a busy smuggling route in the 1700s, with goods brought over from the Isle of Man. A cave near Ravenshall Point was used by smugglers to hide their cargoes.

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When
1700s
Where
54.8500, -4.3600
Group
Pirates

Visiting

Reached by a scramble along the shore from Ravenshall. Take care at high tide.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
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Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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