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St Kevin's Bed

Upper Lake, Glendalough, County Wicklow

A tiny cave in the cliff where a saint hid from the world.

High above the Upper Lake at Glendalough is a small cave cut into the rock, probably first carved in the Bronze Age. St Kevin is said to have lived here as a hermit in the 500s.

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When
Bronze Age and 500s
Where
53.0060, -6.3400
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Seen from across the lake. The cave itself is dangerous to reach.

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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