Detourmap
Macabre sites in United Kingdom
United Kingdom has 195 macabre sites on Detourmap — catacombs, ossuaries, burial grounds and the sites of disasters. The best known is Pan Am Flight 103. Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them; this is 1–150, on page 1 of 2.
- Macabre sites
- 195
- Of archaeological
- 195 of 1,708
- Little known
- 155 of 195
- Oldest
- Braichgoch Slate Mine 1787
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1.Pan Am Flight 103
Archaeological · 20th century · Renowned
US transatlantic flight, bombed in 1988 over Scotland
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24.British European Airways Flight 548
Archaeological · 20th century · Notable
The Staines air disaster (1972)
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38.HMS King Edward VII
Archaeological · Notable
1903 King Edward VII-class pre-dreadnought battleship
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41.ALM Flight 980
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Aviation accident in the Caribbean Sea on 2 May 1970
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58.Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1969 aviation accident
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78.1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Accidental downing of a helicopter in the Falklands War
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98.Kellingley Colliery
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Coal mine in North Yorkshire, England, UK
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101.1948 KLM Constellation air disaster
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1948 aviation accident
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102.1952 Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Jet fighter crash in England
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117.HMS Port Napier
Archaeological · Hidden gem
1940 minelayer destroyed in Loch Alsh, Scotland, by an explosion following an engine room fire
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119.Aer Lingus Flight 712
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Flight which crashed en route from Cork to London on 24 March 1968
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120.British European Airways Flight 411
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1957 aviation accident
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121.Freckleton Air Disaster
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
1944 bomber crash killed 61 in England
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131.HMS Cumberland (1842)
Archaeological · Hidden gem
1842 Cumberland-class third-rate ship of the line
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137.Phoenix United Mine
Archaeological · 19th century · Hidden gem
Tin and copper mine in Cornwall, UK
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140.Ffos-y-fran Land Reclamation Scheme
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Open-cast coal mine in south Wales being reclaimed
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143.Iberia Airlines Flight 062
Archaeological · 20th century · Hidden gem
Fatal aviation incident in 1967
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145.Earl of Abergavenny
Archaeological · 18th century · Hidden gem
1796 British East India Company ship
Questions about this page
How many macabre sites are there in United Kingdom?
195 on this map, out of 1,708 archaeological & historic sites in United Kingdom. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.
What is the best known macabre site in United Kingdom?
Pan Am Flight 103. US transatlantic flight, bombed in 1988 over Scotland.
Which macabre sites in United Kingdom are the least visited?
155 of the 195 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.
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