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The mysterious layers of Gilmerton Cove
Philip Coppens website ^ | prior to 2016 | Philip Coppens

Posted on 01/21/2016 3:02:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Gilmerton Cove is a mysterious cave system in suburban Edinburgh. For a long time assumed to have been the work of an 18th century blacksmith, it is now emerging that he could not have possibly created the entire system himself. The question that everyone asks, therefore, is who then created the enigmatic structure?

...The Cove is a series of caves, connected by a 40 feet main passageway, with two entrances, and located no more than ten feet underground.

...There are clear signs that the various rooms were once separated from each other by wooden doors. Elsewhere, there is a well that never reached down to the water level. Hence, the apartment appeared to have two features essential for living, but both were ineffective. Still, the story continues that he lived in it until 1737, however unlikely that is.

Furthermore, even though it is often labelled as an underground construction or a system of man-made caves, fact of the matter is that each room and the corridors were once exposed to the open air by a series of skylights that have since been closed off. Hence, though it is often labelled a cave, it should perhaps be more accurately labelled an open-air cellar. But whereas the construction would make sense if it was a proper cave, with the numerous skylights, it defies explanation as to why someone in the 18th century would go through all of this trouble.

The only logical explanation would be that there was once an upper structure, which interacted with the various manmade spaces below ground.

(Excerpt) Read more at philipcoppens.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: gilmertoncove; godsgravesglyphs; scotland; scotlandyet
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Reputedly outdraws the zoo.
Rosslyn Tours | We manage Gilmerton Cove an underground attraction on the Southside of Edinburgh.

Rosslyn Tours | We manage Gilmerton Cove an underground attraction on the Southside of Edinburgh.

1 posted on 01/21/2016 3:02:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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second try on that graphic, not linking it a second time because it ticked me off.
Rosslyn Tours

2 posted on 01/21/2016 3:04:04 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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http://www.visitscotland.com/en-us/info/see-do/gilmerton-cove-p548731

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmerton_Cove

Secrets below the streets of Edinburgh
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/secrets-below-the-streets-of-edinburgh-1-466247


3 posted on 01/21/2016 3:04:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

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The other 8 are mostly pretty interesting as well -- 9 Cool Underground Places.

4 posted on 01/21/2016 3:07:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv
The question that everyone asks, therefore, is who then created the enigmatic structure?

Brian Williams?

5 posted on 01/21/2016 3:13:12 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That is definitely a puzzle.


6 posted on 01/21/2016 3:19:00 PM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: SunkenCiv

Grail hunting time!

“The other is said to head straight to Rosslyn Chapel only a few miles away.

With the revelation of secret passageways - or escape routes - theories topple over each other like dominoes. Into the already heady mix of masons, witches and Covenanters comes more fanciful notions. Echoing around the caves is a distant whisper of a deep and hidden mystery. It is said that the Knights Templar - those fighting Crusader monks - used this place for assignations, entering secretly through the tunnels that run back to Rosslyn.

And as everyone knows by now, the Templars didn’t just bring fighting talent when they came out of the East, but something else. Which leads to one final question about Gilmerton.

Could this neglected, half-forgotten cave be the true resting place of the Holy Grail?”


7 posted on 01/21/2016 3:21:05 PM PST by dynachrome (We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Hmmmm...curiouser and curiouser...


8 posted on 01/21/2016 3:25:03 PM PST by Monkey Face (Everything the government gives you was taken from someone else. Except Social Security.)
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To: Leaning Right

Captain Jack Harkness.


9 posted on 01/21/2016 3:28:19 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought this was all created when the city raised street levels as part of a road improvement mega-project.


10 posted on 01/21/2016 3:34:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict"

From the article:

So, even though there is nothing to suggest that Paterson excavated the structure, he definitely did own it. Maybe he merely enlarged upon an already existing structure? This might make more sense. But if so, what is it? During excavations in the late 1970s, a draining channel was discovered that runs along the right-hand side of the main passageway. In 2002, a secret blocked doorway was found in one room. So far, there have been strict orders not to excavate, as just beyond, is a street and no-one wants to see the road surface collapse.

The only thing holding up the road is a blocked doorway?

Zahi Hawass anyone?

11 posted on 01/21/2016 5:28:00 PM PST by disndat (yousit ore loosit)
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To: SunkenCiv

I been there. Bloody Enigmatic Scots Git.


12 posted on 01/22/2016 12:53:26 AM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: SunkenCiv
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..."
13 posted on 01/22/2016 3:00:52 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hunga Tonga-Hunga.)
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To: eCSMaster

“Bring out the cold chicken and pickles!”


14 posted on 01/22/2016 3:37:57 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Tainan
Monty Python - Mr and Mrs Git

15 posted on 01/22/2016 3:39:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

the guy was the precursor to a Mother Earther. Mother Earth News was big on underground or dug into hill side dwellings.

When in the ground, the living quarters were cool in summer and relatively warm in winter. That is, such spaces required less additional heat to raise the temperature to a winter comfort level

The skylights of course provided natural illumination in Daylight hours


16 posted on 01/22/2016 4:51:41 AM PST by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;+12, 73, ....carson is the kinder gentler trump.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Neat. Found this from the BBC from 2012:

Secret cove beats castle and zoo as top Edinburgh attraction
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-17340909


17 posted on 01/22/2016 5:28:35 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: SunkenCiv; All

Found this short video (under 10 minutes) about it on You Tube:

Edinburgh’s Underworld - Gilmerton Cove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2vdwRKI4D0


18 posted on 01/22/2016 5:42:27 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Thanks!


19 posted on 01/22/2016 11:16:29 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Clear as day this series of underground passageways is connected somehow to Oak Island. TaDa!


20 posted on 01/22/2016 3:55:17 PM PST by wildbill (If you check behind the shower curtain fInor a murderer, and find one.... what's your plan?)
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