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Smoo Cave

Durness, Sutherland

A giant sea cave with a waterfall thundering inside it.

Smoo Cave has one of the largest sea cave entrances in Britain. Inside, a river plunges through a hole in the roof as a waterfall into a deep pool.

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When
Ancient
Where
58.5640, -4.7190
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Free to visit, with steps down from the road. Boat trips into the inner chamber run in summer.

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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