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Spar Cave

Near Elgol, Isle of Skye

A sea cave of white flowstone, reached only at low tide.

Spar Cave on Skye is a sea cave filled with gleaming white flowstone that looks like frozen waterfalls. In 1814 the novelist Sir Walter Scott visited by boat and was so impressed that he wrote about it, making it famous.

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When
Visited by Walter Scott 1814
Where
57.1700, -6.0400
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Reached at low tide by a tricky scramble or by boat from Elgol. Take great care.

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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