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Kilkenny - In Ireland, there is a cave ekostis visited by many tourists. But behind the beauty, the cave was the story of the massacre save the Vikings in the past.
Dunmore Caves is located 10 km from the center of Kilkenny, Ireland. If from Dublin, the Irish capital, a distance of about 139 km. Stomach charming and historical cave which enveloped him, making many a traveler interested in visiting.
Visiting in the Irish tourism sites, the existence of Dunmore Cave has been known since hundreds of years ago. Inside the cave there are rooms that formed naturally and some of the best cave calcite rock formations that exist in Ireland.
Dunmore Caves more famous when entered in a manuscript history of Ireland in the 17th century. In the manuscript it is written that the Cave of Dunmore be a war, in which about 1,000 Vikings massacred in the cave in 928 AD.
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The mid-1800s, archaeologists on an expedition in the caves. When exploring caves, many findings that attract attention. There are gold and silver, up human bones.
The discovery of human bones at Dunmore Cave to make a lot of people are getting convinced that in the cave there ever was a massacre, as written in the ancient historical manuscripts.
More than a century after the invention, namely the 1960s, eventually cave opened to tourists. But to get into the cave should not be arbitrary, must be guided. It may be that this rule is for the safety of visitors.
In the area of attraction of the cave, there is a visitor center building equipped with exhibition area, audio-visual room and a cafe. There, a traveler can get complete information on the ecology, myth and history Dunmore Caves, before you actually get into the cave.
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| One part of the cave walls (krazykristinabee / Instagram) |
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