<< Our Photo Pages >> Smoo Cave - Cave or Rock Shelter in Scotland in Sutherland
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Smoo CaveCountry: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Village: Durness
Map Ref: NC4188367123
Latitude: 58.563304N Longitude: 4.719907W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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jeffrep visited on 20th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
markj99 visited on 5th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Smoo Cave is a large impressive chamber with the bonus of archaelogical remains (a shell midden) and a waterfall.
morgainelefay visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
h_fenton davidmorgan have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 4.67 Access: 4
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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