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Backies
Cave (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Backies
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 6593
Site Number NC80SW 8
NGR NC 8360 0295
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6593
- Council Highland
- Parish Golspie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC80SW 6 8360 0295.
NC 8360 0295. A cave, in which the RCAHMS in 1909 could see evidence of human habitation, although none is now visible.
The entrance is in the NE side of a depression caused by a sunken water course, and a flight of laid steps, of unknown date, 1.7m long, but probably formerly more extensive, descends to it from the SW. The cave consists of a lofty gallery about 3 to 4ft wide and about 20ft long at the end of which a narrow passage turns sharply to the right and enters an extensive area of the hill which is of interest to pot-holers. Surveyed at 1:2500.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (J M) 29 October 1975.
