A Dangerous Island
By JASON URBANUS
Monday, June 12, 2017
Trenches Scotland Eigg Cave
Massacre Cave, Eigg, Scotland
Tourists exploring Scotland’s Isle of Eigg recently called police when they found human bones lying in a cave, possible remnants of the area’s gruesome past. Legend holds that in 1577, nearly the entire MacDonald clan of the island was murdered by rival MacLeods from Skye as a result of a generations-long feud. The MacDonalds were hiding in the cave when they were discovered by a vengeful party of MacLeods, who, the story goes, blocked the entrance with vegetation and set it on fire. Almost 400 MacDonalds suffocated and died in what came to be known as Uamh Fharaing, or “Massacre Cave.”
http://www.archaeology.org/issues/263-1707/from-the-trenches/5637-trenches-scotland-eigg-massacre
