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King's Cave (Scottish Gaelic: Uamh an Rìgh) is the largest of a series of seafront caves north of Blackwaterfoot on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. [1] The caves were formed around 10,000 to 6,000 years ago during an ice age when the weight of an advancing glacier forced the land downward, so the sea was higher relative to the location of the cave, with high tide around 4 metres (13 ft) up ...
English: King's Cave and other caves on Arran's west coast from the air. Date: 10 August 2021: Source: Own work: Author: AlistairMcMillan: Camera location
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Cliffs at Blackwaterfoot The "King's Cave", reputedly a refuge of King Robert the Bruce. In the 11th century Arran became part of the Sodor (Old Norse: 'Suðr-eyjar'), or South Isles of the Kingdom of Mann and the Isles, but on the death of Godred Crovan in 1095 all the isles came under the direct rule of Magnus III of Norway.
It is located in the Shiskine valley in the south-west of the island. It is one of the smaller villages of Arran and home to one of Europe's two 12-hole golf courses. Nearby Drumadoon Point is home to the largest Iron Age fort on Arran. Further north is the King's Cave, reputed to be a hiding place of Robert the Bruce.
English: Path from The Doon to King's Cave, Arran, passing Cleiteadh nan Sgarbh headland, showing profile of caves and slopes of the hill above them, Torr Righ Mor (big hillock of the king), featuring 30 metre (98 ft) raised beach.
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The caves below Keil Point on the Isle of Arran contain a slab which may have been an ancient altar. It has the prints of two right feet on it, said to be of Saint Columba. [46] The Giant Fingal of Arran is said to have had a son born in the King's Cave who left a 2-foot-long (0.61 m) footprint on the cave side. [47]