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The Lost Village of Lawers

Lawers, Loch Tay, Perthshire

A village whose 'Lady' foretold its ruin centuries before.

On the north shore of Loch Tay lie the ruins of the old village of Lawers, with its roofless church and mill. In the 1600s a seer known as the Lady of Lawers made strange prophecies, including that the church roof would fall and that the land would be emptied of people.

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When
Abandoned 1800s
Where
56.5350, -4.1400
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

A lochside path from the Lawers Hotel leads to the ruins.

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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