Hill forts · Scottish Highlands
High Pasture Cave
High Pasture Cave — cave and archaeological site in Highland, Scotland, UK.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
High Pasture Cave is a hill fort in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "cave and archaeological site in Highland, Scotland, UK". Coordinates: 57.2110°, -6.0160°.
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From the Wikipedia article
High Pasture Cave (Gaelic: Uamh An Ard-Achaidh) is an archaeological site on the island of Skye, Scotland. Human presence is documented since the Mesolithic, and remains, including Iron Age structures, point to ritual veneration of either the landscape or deities associated with the place. The cave system extends to about 320 metres (1,050 feet) of accessible passages
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Background
Architecture
The cave is about 1 km southeast of the village of Torrin, near Kilbride. The entrance of the cave lies in a narrow valley on the northern slopes of the mountain of Beinn Dùbhaich, east of the Red Cuillin hills, and is formed by erosion of Durness limestone. The interior is accessed via a natural shaft about 6 m deep that leads into the main cave, which appears to have been in use between 1,200 BC and 200 BC (mid-Bronze Age to late Iron Age). After about 80 m there is a fork, with a rocky, dry passage on the right. In 2002 the cave explorer Steven Birch discovered broken crockery and bones. Previous visitors to the cave had thrown this material aside in the attempts to find new ways. Birch…
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- Coordinates
- 57.2110, -6.0160
- District
- Highland
- Postcode
- IV49 9BA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Sources
- wikidata: Q538929 (CC0)
- wikipedia: High Pasture Cave (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: High Pasture Cave near to Kilbride2.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is High Pasture Cave?
- High Pasture Cave is in the Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom (postcode IV49 9BA).
- Is High Pasture Cave free to visit?
- Yes, High Pasture Cave is free to enter.
- How do I get to High Pasture Cave?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode IV49 9BA. It sits within the Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire parliamentary constituency.