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Prince Charlie's Cave

Cave (period Unknown)
Prince Charlie's Cave
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Prince Charlie's Cave as Cave (period Unknown). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Prince Charlie's Cave is a limestone cave, likely formed through dissolution by acidic water over millennia. It is traditionally associated with Charles Edward Stuart, suggesting possible use as a hiding place during or after the 1745 Jacobite uprising, though no archaeological evidence confirms this connection.

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