Peden's Cave (Auchinbay)
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Peden's Cave is at least partly artificial and is set into a craggy outcrop of red sandstone rocks overlooking the River Lugar just below the farm of Auchinbay in East Ayrshire, Scotland, close to the
The opening to Peden's Cave overlooking the River Lugar
The stable or store next to the cave
The steps down to the cave.
The old Slatehole Ford.
Cleeves Cove
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Cleeves Cove or Blair Cove is a solutional cave system on the Dusk Water in North Ayrshire, Scotland, close to the town of Dalry.
Peden's Cave (Auchinbay)
…prevented this. Several other caves in Ayrshire and beyond are said to have been used as places of concealment by Covenanters in general, such as the Cleeves Cove on the Dusk Water near Dalry and Dunton Cove on the Craufurdland Water near Waterside in East Ayrshire. The cave's location is close to one of the few…
An entrance into Cleeves Cove
One of the cave system entrances
An emerald, bronze finger-ring and two iron spears from John Smith's excavations
A passageway within the cave system