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(Created page with "thumb|Underground Cave System <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilmerton_Cove3a_(5719925456).jpg]</ref> Gilmerton Cove is a series of underground passageways and chambers hand-carved from sandstone located beneath the streets of Gilmerton, an ex-mining village, now a southeastern suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland. There are many theories about the origins of the Cove and its purpose. A five-year collaborative project...") |
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Popular theories are that it was used as a drinking den for local gentry, a Covenanters refuge, and a smugglers' lair. In 2007, the documentary television series Cities of the Underworld featured Gilmerton Cove in the episode Scotland's Sin City which postulates that the Cove was linked to a nearby Hellfire Club building via a secret passage. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmerton_Cove wiki]</ref> | Popular theories are that it was used as a drinking den for local gentry, a Covenanters refuge, and a smugglers' lair. In 2007, the documentary television series Cities of the Underworld featured Gilmerton Cove in the episode Scotland's Sin City which postulates that the Cove was linked to a nearby Hellfire Club building via a secret passage. <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmerton_Cove wiki]</ref> | ||
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[[Doggerland]] | |||
[[Category: Ascension]] | |||
[[Category: Holographic Geography]] | |||