Video: British mystery: Shell Grotto in Margaret
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Shell Grotto in Margaret - one of the most mysterious sights of Great Britain. Its origin still remains a mystery, despite the fact that it was discovered back in 1835. The grotto is an underground winding corridor (its length is more than 20 meters), the walls of which are decorated with 4.6 million shells.
This unique architectural monument was found quite by accident by the Englishman James Newlove, when he was digging an artificial duck pond. The first to go down the underground passage was his son, Joshua. It was he who told his father about the mysterious tunnel, decorated with mosaic of seashells. James Newlove quickly realized that he literally managed to catch his luck by the tail: having equipped the grotto with gas lamps, three years later he opened the attraction for visiting. A wave of tourists poured into Margaret, because before that even the locals did not know about the existence of such a curiosity, which had never been on the map.
As soon as the first visitors visited the mysterious tunnel, heated debates immediately began about the origin of the Seashell Grotto. Some considered the grotto to be one of the last "gifts" of antiquity, while others saw it as a gathering place for a secret sect. Everyone deciphered strange mosaics in their own way: someone fancied hints of sacrificial altars, someone saw images of gods and goddesses in intricate patterns, there were even versions that these were the trees of life. Despite the abundance of versions, none of them has been fully proven.
The shell grotto truly amazes visitors: it took about 4.6 million shells of clams, oysters and mussels to decorate its walls and ceiling. True, some of the decorations were damaged during the installation of the lighting, in addition, the grotto was damaged by a bomb during the Second World War. Today, the grotto of seashells has been completely restored; anyone can visit it. This marine treasury is unlikely to leave anyone indifferent.
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