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Covenanters' Cave [7] (Dura Den)

Dura Den, Fife?.

Cave or rock cut chamber high on sandstone cliff partly obscured by vegetation.

This cave is situated in the picturesque Dura Den, once famous for its fossil fish beds which were extensively quarried by British Museum expeditions. Just south of the telephone box, the cliffs east of the road are formed from thick beds of yellow or creamy soft sandstones of the Upper Old Red Sandstone age. The cave can be seen below a prominent pine tree, approximately 15 m above the road, opposite the former Yoolfield Mill. It is most easily approached from above, and then can be entered by traversing a narrow ledge from the south. The cave consists of a simple chamber. It is thought to have been a refuge or hide during covenanting times. [Oldham]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Dura Den Wood is managed by the Woodlands Trust.

The area around the Covenanters Cave has what may be the largest colony of "Soprano" Pipistrellebats in Scotland.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None