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Jackdaw's Tomb was a mysterious cavern in the Highlands of Scotland used by the Keepers as the entrance to the Map Chamber and occupied by the ghost of Richard Jackdaw.[1]

History[]

A book containing the map to this cavern was kept in the Athenaeum, within the Restricted Section of Hogwarts Library. In the mid-19th century, Peeves found the book and tore out the map pages, scattering them around the castle. These pages were later discovered by Richard Jackdaw, who decided to follow the map to the cavern — where he ultimately met his demise.[1]

His death was blamed on his lover, Anne Thisbe, leading to her lifetime imprisonment in Azkaban, where she descended into insanity.[1]

In the 1890–1891 school year, with the help of Jackdaw's himself, a Hogwarts student with the ability to see and wield the ancient magic was able to break into the tomb, where they investigated further and discovered the Map Chamber.[1]

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Scotland
Wizarding locations
Bainburgh (Bainburgh Manor) · Cairn Dungeons · Clagmar Castle · Clagmar Coast · Coastal Cavern · Coastal Mine · Cragcroftshire (Cragcroft) · Feldcroft Region (Feldcroft (Feldcroft Catacomb) · Moonstone Garden · Irondale · Rookwood Castle) · Glen Bleish · Henrietta's Hideaway · Hogsmeade Valley (East Hogsmeade Valley · Falbarton Castle · Hogsmeade (High Street)) · Hogwarts Valley (Brocburrow · Central Hogwarts Valley · Dale Family Tomb · East Hogwarts Valley · Gilded Perch · Marunweem · Marunweem Lake · Marunweem Ruins · Netherwyck · The Mine's Eye) · Horklump Hollow · Isle of Drear · Keenbridge · Manor Cape (West Manor Cape) · North Ford Bog (East North Ford Bog ·Pitt-upon-Ford · San Bakar's Tower) · North Hogwarts Region (Korrow Ruins · Forbidden Forest (Jackdaw's Tomb · Spinners Cavern) · The Collector's Cave) · Overlook Mine · Poidsear Coast (Phoenix Mountain Cave · Poidsear Castle · Tomb of Treachery) · South Hogwarts Region (Aranshire · Hogwarts Castle (Great Lake) · Lower Hogsfield) · South Sea Bog · Tower Tunnel · Upper Hogsfield
Non-magical locations
Aberdeen · Arbroath · Argyllshire · Bamport · Banchory · Dufftown · Dundee · Edinburgh (capital city) · Glasgow (River Clyde) · Hebrides (Isle of Skye (Portree)) · Highlands (Aviemore (Aviemore train station) · Inverness · Loch Lomond · Loch Ness · Vale of McGowan) · Lowercroft (Wildbrook Crescent) · Montrose · Paisley · Peebles · Shetland · Wigtown
Magical and mundane creatures
Blood-Sucking Bugbear · Flying Seahorse · Hebridean Black · Hinkypunk · Loch Ness Monster · Quintaped · Scottish stag · Selkie · Weetimorousbeastie