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East Wemyss, Sliding Cave

Cave (iron Age), Pictish Symbol Rock Carving(s) (pictish)

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.

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