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Doolin Cave

Doolin, County Clare

Home of one of the longest free-hanging stalactites in the world.

In 1952 two English cavers squeezed through a passage near Doolin and found a huge stalactite hanging from the cave roof, over 7 metres long. It formed drop by drop over thousands of years and is one of the longest free-hanging stalactites in the world.

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When
Found 1952
Where
53.0400, -9.3470
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Guided tours run daily, with a farm nature trail.

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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