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Dunmore Cave

Near Kilkenny

A Viking massacre, and silver hidden in a crevice for 1,000 years.

An Irish chronicle records that in 928 Vikings killed a thousand people at Dunmore Cave. Skeletons, many of women and children, have been found inside.

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When
928
Where
52.7300, -7.2400
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Guided tours run daily in summer, with a visitor centre.

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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