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St Columba's Cave, Ellary

Cave (period Unassigned), Cross Incised Rock (early Medieval), Graffiti (modern), Human Remains (bronze Age), Midden (period Unassigned), Balance (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Columba's Cave, Ellary as Cave (period Unassigned), Cross Incised Rock (early Medieval), Graffiti (modern), Human Remains (bronze Age), Midden (period Unassigned), Balance (period Unassigned). 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.
St Columba's Cave, Ellary is a limestone cave formed through natural dissolution processes typical of karst landscapes. The site has yielded Bronze Age human remains and early medieval incised crosses, indicating both prehistoric and Christian-era human activity.

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