| Location: |
Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland.
From Whithorn A747, B7004 and a dead end road to car park at Kidsdale.
2km walk down wooded Physgill Glen to the beach.
(NGR NX 422 360).
 Location by UK Streetmap
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| Open: |
no restrictions
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| Fee: |
none
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| Classification: |
sea cave, along a fault in Lower Silurian greywacke.
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| Light: |
not necessary.
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| Dimension: |
L=12m, W=3m, H=4m.
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| Bibliography: |
David W. McFadden (1999): An Innocent in Scotland, More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters.
Includes the story "Miracle at St. Ninian's Cave"
Maxwell, H. E. (1885): St Ninian's Cave, Glasserton, Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to Ayrshire and Galloway,
1-8, 10 plates, survey.
Oldham, Tony 1975 The Caves of Scotland except Assynt. pp 130-1.
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:23:06 $ |
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| 1871 | stone crosses first discovered. |
| 1884 | excavations by Maxwell. |
The cave was used by pilgrims since the early middle ages.
During an excavation in the last century, many christian symbols were found
beneath the breakdown of the collapsed roof.
Carved headstones and crosses from the 10th and 11th century are now displayed
in the Priory Museum at Whithorn.
Many more symbols, especially crosses can be found into the rock in and
outside the cave, carved into the rock.
Today the cave is still the destination of an annual pilgrimage for members
of the Roman Catholic church.
The cave is a holy site for them, so please respect the offerings left by
modern pilgrims like the carvings left by ancient pilgrims.
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