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Sguinnean nan Creige Briste (Cave) [2]

SE of Loch Sgeireach na Creige Brist, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Ross & Cromarty.

Sea cave north of Squinnean nan Creige Briste.

There are two caves [NB 55035 53128 and NB 55107 53258] about 250 m apart marked on the OS map between Squinnean nan Creige Briste (a 40 m hill on the coast) and Eilean Sguinean nan Creagan Briste (a small island or large stack) in a bay just north of the hill. Cave [2] is immediately SE of the bay with the island. Two more caves [NB 55198 53481 and NB 55196 53537] are marked just north of the bay.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Squinnean nan Creige Briste is the older spelling and translates as the Sharp Point (pinnacle or promontory?) of the Broken Crag. Sguinean nan Creagan Briste is more modern and could also be translated as the Shadows of the Little Broken Crag(s).