MHG63091 - Sea Cave - Rosemarkie

Summary

Small dry cave with a sandy floor too close to the sea to have been inhabited or used much.

Type and Period (1)

  • CAVE (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

The 2011-15 Rosemarkie Caves Project excavation report contains descriptive details of 14 caves which could potentially have been used as rock shelters in historic or pre-historic times.

From the results of our 2011-2015 programme of survey and test pitting, substantial evidence for lengthy use of the Rosemarkie Caves over the past 2000 years was gathered. A number of the caves, in particular the Learnie group, had been visited or occupied sometime during the 7th-9th centuries AD.

Sea cave; small dry cave with a sandy floor too close to the sea to have been inhabited or used much. There is a niche in the roof of the cave and the length of a 3” angle iron has been placed across the niche at some time in the past. Situated at 1m OD at entrance. <1>

A list of caves, with grid references, is available on the Rosemarkie Caves Project website. <2>

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 7633 6136 (26m by 26m)
Map sheet NH76SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish ROSEMARKIE

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