Westray, Gentleman's Cave
Cave (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Westray, Gentleman's Cave
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2322
Site Number HY34NE 2
NGR HY 3979 4860
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY34NE 2 3979 4860.
A large cave famous for the fact that twelve Jacobite officers took refuge in it for three months.
Name Book 1880.
Located on the coast edge.
This cave is reached by descending a long sloping ledge to the south side of Noup Head. It is said to have been used as a refuge by Jacobite lairds from the North Isles in 1746. (See also HY54SW10). This site was not inspected.
Orkney Coastal Zone Assessment 1998.
Note (1983)
Gentlemen's Cave HY 3978 4859 HY34NE
This sea-cave, reached by descending a long sloping ledge on the spectacular cliffs S of Noup Head, is a less commodious hiding-place than the Rapness one (no. 169), but traditionally it also was used by the same four lairds in 1746.
RCAHMS 1983.
(Tudor 1883, 377; Fereday 1980, 115-21; OR 919).
Desk Based Assessment (1998)
HY34NE 2 3979 4860.
Located on the coast edge.
This cave is reached by descending a long sloping ledge to the south side of Noup Head. It is said to have been used as a refuge by Jacobite lairds from the North Isles in 1746. (See also HY54SW10). This site was not inspected.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
