Kilchoman [1] - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Kilchoman [1]

NGR:	NR 21700 62930
WGS84:	55.77934, -6.44006
Length:	6 m
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	70 m
Geology:	Colonsay Group - Metasandstone, Mica Schist
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave, Archaeo
Registry:	main

Cave, inaccessible, overlooks Glean na Ceardaich. Traditionally thought to be a smithy. Two test pits found charcoal and lumps of furnace bottom suggesting ironworking.

Notes: Although a considerable distance inland, the location suggests this is a raised beach sea cave.

Links and Resources:

Discovery & Excavation in Scotland, New Series Volume 3, 2002, p. 17.
Hardy, K , Islay Caves Project, Islay, Argyll and Bute (Kilchoman; Kildalton and Oa; Killarow and Kilmany parishes), Discovery and Excavation in Scotland, 2002, pp17-19, 2002(2002).
Streetmap.
GSG Bulletin, 4th Series, Vol. 5, No. 4 (2013), p. 22.

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