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Kelton Cove
Cave (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Prehistoric)
Site Name Kelton Cove
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 65726
Site Number NX97SE 7
NGR NX 9989 7147
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/65726
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Dumfries
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX97SE 7 9989 7147.
(Name NX 9981 7146) Kelton Cove is a good natural rock-shelter where prehistoric pottery is reputed to have been found by Dr Gilchrist in the 1860's.
Information from A E Truckell, undated
NX 9989 7147. Kelton Cove consists of two recesses or caves in the face of a stretch of rock out-crop at the top of a steep NE-facing escarpment. The larger cave is c.5.0m across at the entrance, c.6.0m deep, and c.2.0m high. The caves are interconnected at the rear.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 8 July 1964
