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MacKinnon's Cave

Gribun, Isle of Mull

A piper went in with his dog, and only the dog came back.

MacKinnon's Cave is one of the longest sea caves in the Hebrides. Legend says a piper went in with his dog to explore, playing as he went.

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When
Legend
Where
56.4020, -6.1550
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Reached along the shore only at low tide. Take a torch and check tides.

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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