What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Weston Wood, James Gavin's Cave as Cave (nil Antiquity), Covenanters Cave (17th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Weston Wood, James Gavin's Cave is a small limestone cave formed through natural dissolution processes typical of Carboniferous Limestone in southern Scotland. It is traditionally associated with 17th-century Covenanters who used such caves as places of refuge during periods of persecution.
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