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Caitloch Cave, 'covenanter's Cave'
Cave (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Caitloch Cave, 'covenanter's Cave'
Classification Cave (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 64826
Site Number NX79SE 29
NGR NX 7666 9192
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/64826
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Glencairn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Nithsdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
NX79SE 29 7666 9192
Caitloch Cave is said to have been made in the search for lead, probably in the 17th century. Covenanters are reputed to have used it as a hiding place.
J Corrie 1910
The cave is next to a disused lead mine and measures at the entrance 1.5 x 1.0m. Approximately 20.0m long there is no indication or likelihood of its having been inhabited.
Visited by OS (JRL) 31 August 1977.
