Jura, Rubha Liath
Cave (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Jura, Rubha Liath
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned), Midden (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 38283
Site Number NR58SW 3
NGR NR 5383 8155
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38283
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR58SW 3 5383 8155
At NR 5383 8155 at the base of a cliff on the landward side of a raised beach are two adjacent caves. The larger, 8.0m deep and 3.0m wide, has a fairly recent wall across the entrance; the smaller measures 7.5m deep and 3.0m wide. Across the entrances to the caves is a large shell midden comprised mainly of limpets, with an admixture of whelks, oysters and dark brown earth. It measures 11.0m long, about 9.5m wide and up to 2.0m high.
Its date cannot be determined.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 May 1978.
