What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Witches' Hole, Castle Law as Cave (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.
Witches' Hole, Castle Law is a karst cave formed through the dissolution of underlying limestone by acidic water over thousands of years. Local folklore associates the cave with witchcraft, though no archaeological evidence of human activity within the cave has been officially recorded.
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Photo: James Allan · CC BY-SA 2.0