King's Cave, Machrie

Name: King's Cave
Address: Machrie, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Machrie

Park, Natural attraction, Cave

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King's Cave is the largest of a series of seafront caves north of Blackwaterfoot on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The caves were formed when melting glaciers resulted in a raised beach due to a process called isostatic rebound. Kilmory Parish church records suggest the cave may have been used for church meetings in the eighteenth century, and it is also said to have been used as a school. Before being known as the King's Cave it was known as Fingal's Cave after Fionn mac Cumhaill. ()

Elevation: 33 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 55°31'31"N, 5°21'12"W

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Machrie United Kingdom

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King's Cave – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Machrie Moor Stone Circles, Moss Farm Road Stone Circle, Airds Castle, Àrd Bheinn.

2 miNE
Ruins, Archaeological site
Machrie Moor Stone Circles, Machrie
50 min walk • Machrie Moor Stone Circles is the collective name for six stone circles visible on Machrie Moor near the settlement of Machrie on the Isle of Arran, Scotland.
1.5 miNE
Archaeological site
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle, Machrie
39 min walk • Moss Farm Road Stone Circle is the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of stones. It is located near Machrie on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
6.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Airds Castle
157 min walk • Airds Castle is a ruined medieval castle near Carradale, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The castle held a position on the summit of a rocky headland between Carradale harbour and the bay of Port Righ, looking across Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran.
4 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Àrd Bheinn, Isle of Arran
101 min walk • Àrd Bheinn is a small mountain of 1678 feet on central Isle of Arran in western Scotland.
2.4 miN
Archaeological site
Auchagallon Stone Circle, Machrie
62 min walk • Auchagallon Stone Circle or Auchengallon cairn is the remains of a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of fifteen stones. It is located near Machrie on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
5.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Torr a'Chaisteal, Isle of Arran
134 min walk • Torr a'Chaisteal is an Iron Age fort, located about 1 mile northeast of the village of Sliddery, on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.
5.3 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Arran Coastal Way, Isle of Arran
136 min walk • The Arran Coastal Way is a 107 kilometre long-distance trail that goes around the coastline of Arran in Scotland.
6.4 miNW
Island
Pirnmill
163 min walk • The Isle of Arran or simply Arran is an island off the west coast of Scotland. It is the largest island in the Firth of Clyde and the seventh-largest Scottish island, at 432 square kilometres.
6.5 miSE
Church
Bennecarrigan Free Church, Isle of Arran
166 min walk • The Bennecarrigan Free Church is a place of worship of the Free Church of Scotland in Kilmory, on the island of Arran, Scotland. The church was built in 1893.
3.2 miSE
Archaeological site
Kilpatrick Dun, Isle of Arran
82 min walk • Kilpatrick Dun is an Iron Age dun, located about 1 mile south of the village of Blackwaterfoot on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.