What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records East Wemyss, Sliding Cave as Cave (iron Age), Pictish Symbol Rock Carving(s) (pictish). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
East Wemyss Sliding Cave is a sea cave formed in Carboniferous sandstone, shaped by coastal erosion and wave action over millennia. The cave contains Pictish symbol rock carvings, indicating human activity during the Iron Age, and is part of a wider network of symbol-rich caves along the Fife coast.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
East WemyssWall(s) (period Unassigned) · 189 yd
Well CaveCave · 251 yd
East Wemyss, Macduff's CastleTower House (14th Century) · 254 yd
Doo CaveCave · 403 yd
The Wemyss CavesVisitor information · 463 yd
East Wemyss, Wemyss CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 507 yd
Fife coastal pathVisitor information · 636 yd
The RosieBench Mark (19th Century), Milestone (19th Century) · 700 yd
Jimmy Shand MemorialMemorial · 789 yd
BuckhavenAnti Aircraft Battery (second World War) · 880 yd
East Wemyss, Back Dykes, Wemyss Fabric FactoryFactory (period Unassigned) · 1141 yd
East Wemyss, Dovecot CaveCave (iron Age), Dovecot (period Unassigned), Rock Carving(s) (early Medieval) · 406 yd