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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 664673
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/664673
NH87SW 15 8393 7104 to 8365 7080.
NH 8386 7105: King's Cave (NAT) Alleged abode of the royal recluse King Nechtan in AD 724.
NH 8365 7080: King's Footpath (NAT) Known as Cadha Neachdain (King's Path).
W J Watson 1910
King's Cave is still extant and known locally. King's Footpath is a relatively easy approach down the steep coastal slope. Intermittent vague traces of a beaten path can be seen.
Visited by OS 13 January 1978
Alleged abode of King Nechtan - natural caves.
A 3m by 2m high steel/iron cylindrical vessel washed up at High Water Mark 50m SW of Natural Arch and King's Cave.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
