The Lost Village Traditional Cache
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An easy stroll down from the main road to and along the shore, but you will have to climb over some rocks thrown there by recent winter storms.
You can park the car opposite the pub and then go down the road to the shore. Down there, you will see a long row of abandoned cottages with their roofs missing. This is a cloghán (Irish for small settlement), the original village of Fanore. It was built so incredibly close to the shore that a giant wave destroyed it, which might possibly have been the tsunami created by the so-called Lisbon earthquakes of 1755 or 1761. After that, the villagers relocated to an area a bit further up the shore as to be more sheltered from the high Atlantic waves.
A bit further north, a midden (ancient dumping site for domestic waste) has been found recently that dates back at least 6,000 years old, hundreds of years older than the Poulnabrone Dolmen, and the oldest proof for human settlement found in Ireland!
The cache is easy to find in its sheltered spot under a rock. Please replace the stone(s) as you find them to avoid discovery by muggles.
This can be the last of a row of caches hidden along the coast going north if you want to make a walk (over two days) out of it. Starting in Liscannor, there is "The Two Towers" at the southern end of the Cliffs of Moher, then the Earth Cache at the visitor centre of the Cliffs of Moher, then "Doonagore Cliffs" and then Doonagore Bay Shore". This would probably be a day's walk, with a well deserved stay in Doolin (traditional music!). Then there is "The Atlantic Rocks", "The Rusty Eye", "Discover Oughtdarra", and this one. The last one would be "Murrough Shore". - Alternatively, all caches can be reached from the main road and a bit of walking.
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