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The Wemyss Caves

East Wemyss, Fife

Coastal caves with carvings made by the Picts.

A row of sea caves along the Fife coast contains more Pictish carvings than anywhere else in Britain, including animals, symbols and figures over a thousand years old. The village name Wemyss comes from the Gaelic word for cave.

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When
Pictish
Where
56.1600, -3.0700
Group
Caves & grottoes

Visiting

Reached by the Fife Coastal Path at East Wemyss. Some caves are locked for protection.

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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