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Inishark

Off County Galway

An island abandoned after storms cut it off from the world.

Inishark is a small island off the coast of Galway. Its community lived by fishing and farming, but there was no proper harbour, and in bad weather it could be cut off for weeks.

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When
Evacuated 1960
Where
53.6100, -10.2900
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

Visible from Inishbofin, which has ferries from Cleggan.

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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