Ermintruder
The greatest risk is to risk nothing at all...
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After having resurrected the thread about the Margate Shell Grotto (see http://forum.forteantimes.com/index.php?threads/margate-shell-grotto.3288/) it struck me that I hadn't mentioned in FTMB the truly-atmospheric beauty that is St Fillan's Cave, in Fife.
This is a mysterious little adapted sea cave, now hundreds of yards from the waterfront. It has been modified over time, but may been use for a variety of pre-Christian worship phases before becoming used by St Fillan, and the established church (it is now officially used for some sevices, but it is an amazing place to look around).
At one time, it was completely lost and forgotten about, then rediscovered in the late 1700s.
St Fillan himself was an odd character, who was reportedly able to emit light from his limbs in the dark (especially his left arm) which he used to read the bible, deep in his cave.
I may write more about it....I must go back and visit it again. If you are ever in the Kingdom of Fife, you must go and see this hidden and often-forgotten gem.
This is a mysterious little adapted sea cave, now hundreds of yards from the waterfront. It has been modified over time, but may been use for a variety of pre-Christian worship phases before becoming used by St Fillan, and the established church (it is now officially used for some sevices, but it is an amazing place to look around).
At one time, it was completely lost and forgotten about, then rediscovered in the late 1700s.
St Fillan himself was an odd character, who was reportedly able to emit light from his limbs in the dark (especially his left arm) which he used to read the bible, deep in his cave.
I may write more about it....I must go back and visit it again. If you are ever in the Kingdom of Fife, you must go and see this hidden and often-forgotten gem.