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<< Our Photo Pages >> Smoo Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Scotland in Sutherland

Submitted by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 10 November 2010  Page Views: 6989

Natural PlacesSite Name: Smoo Cave
Country: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
 Nearest Village: Durness
Map Ref: NC4188367123
Latitude: 58.563304N  Longitude: 4.719907W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave submitted by andy_h : Amazing sea cave. Remains of early human habitation found. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Smoo Cave on the very northern coast of Scotland contains a record of human occupation during several periods of historic and prehistoric time.

The low soil-covered mound just inside the entrance was excavated in 1992 and proved to be a midden, that is, a domestic refuse heap. It was packed with shells, some of which can still be seen projecting up through the soil surface. The upper part of the midden was found to date from the Iron Age; deeper levels were progressively older.

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page on the cave - see their entry for Smoo Cave, Durness, Sutherland, which gives directions for finding this cave, together with a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.
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Smoo Cave submitted by h_fenton : The 2nd chamber at Smoo Cave, where the river (Allt Smoo) cascades down through the sink hole into the cave. 15 May 2011 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Smoo Cave submitted by h_fenton : Looking outwards from the back of the main chamber of Smoo Cave. 15 May 2011 (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Smoo Cave submitted by h_fenton : The main chamber of Smoo Cave. 15 May 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Smoo Cave submitted by davidmorgan : "The low soil-covered mound just inside the entrance was excavated in 1992 and proved to be a midden" - Smoo Cave website. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Smoo Cave submitted by jeffrep : Looking into Smoo Cave, Highland, Scotland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Smoo Cave submitted by h_fenton : Standing inside Smoo Cave below the pothole. 15 May 2011

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Smoo Cave submitted by davidmorgan : The entrance to Smoo Cave.

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Smoo Cave submitted by Antonine : 2008

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Smoo Cave submitted by Antonine

Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave submitted by Antonine

Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave submitted by Antonine

Smoo Cave
Smoo Cave submitted by andy_h : Amazing sea cave at Durness, Sutherland. Remains of early human habitation found.

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Re: Smoo Cave by davidmorgan on Friday, 12 November 2010
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It's a very nice place to visit. You get a little boat trip across a section of water inside the cave to visit some weird rock formations and stalagmites.
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Re: Smoo Cave by Runemage on Thursday, 11 November 2010
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It was used to record one of the tracks on the Kilmartin sessions CD.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/shop/kilmartin_books.htm
How brave to go into a cave and create such reverberation.
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