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Llangrannog Smugglers' Coves

Llangrannog, Ceredigion

Coves and caves used to land smuggled goods on the Welsh coast.

The tiny beaches and caves around Llangrannog were ideal for smugglers landing salt, brandy and tea from Ireland and France in the 1700s, when taxes made these goods very expensive. Local people helped hide the cargoes.

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When
1700s
Where
52.1600, -4.4700
Group
Pirates

Visiting

A pretty beach village with coastal walks to Ynys Lochtyn.

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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