What is recorded here
Clamshell Cave is shown as a cave on the public map of Argyll and Bute. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Clamshell Cave is a coastal cave likely formed through differential erosion of Jurassic sandstone and limestone. No archaeological or folklore history is recorded for the site.
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Places near here
Staffa, Clamshell CaveCave (period Unassigned) · 16 yd
Am BuachailleIslet · 57 yd
Staffa, Port An FhasgaidhStructure(s) (period Unassigned) · 124 yd
The Great FaceCliff · 153 yd
Fingal's CaveCave · 186 yd
Staffa, Fingal's CaveCave (period Unassigned) · 201 yd
Meall nan GamhnaMountain / peak · 226 yd
StaffaStructure (period Unassigned) · 245 yd
Port an FhasgaidhBay · 438 yd
Eilean DubhIslet · 946 yd
Little ColonsayFarmstead (post Medieval) · 3.5 mi
GometraSheepfold (post Medieval) · 4.0 miOther information
Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0