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Craigiehowe Cave
Cave (Period Unknown), Well (Period Unknown)
Site Name Craigiehowe Cave
Classification Cave (Period Unknown), Well (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 13576
Site Number NH65SE 13
NGR NH 6851 5216
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13576
- Council Highland
- Parish Knockbain
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH65SE 13 6851 5216
(NH 6851 5216) Cave (NAT)
W. (NAT).
OS 6" map, (1959)
Craigiehowe Cave is traditionally inhabited by the Fingalians.
At the mouth is a dripping well which is resorted to as a cure for deafness.
W J Watson 1904.
Cave with Fingalian association; healing well? - cave located.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Field Visit (2013 - 2014)
The cave mouth is approx 6 metres wide, by 4 metres high. The cave tapers inwards to a tunnel, approx 30 metres deep, to a final end. The floor of the cave is littered with apparently fresh bird and animal bones. The walls of the cave are natural conglomerate, with no evidence of human adjustment or involvement. There is evidence of previous contemporary fires at the cave mouth. Of no apparent archaeological interest. In particular, despite looking, no evidence of Fingalians or any other "little people".
Visited by Scotland's Coastal Heritage at Risk (SCHARP) 2013
