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* Cave (Eilean na Cloiche)

Lismore, Eilean na Cloiche, Argyllshire.

Cave. NM83NW 8 8382 3833. (NM 8382 3833) Cave (NR). OS 1:10,000 map, (1975). Located on Eilean na Cloiche.

Knight mentioned a cave, at whose mouth there was a mound containing 'a vast number of remains of primitive man' with a rectangular grave close by.The cave, which had an apparently dry wall across its entrance, was investigated by Livock. He dug a hole in the cave floor to a depth of about 0.3 metres, coming to rock or stones, but found nothing more than a piece of pottery, several bird bones and a piece of what was probably a sheep's jaw. He also found a large number a shells in front of the cave, and a collapsed cave or rock shelter on the east side of the same rock. The considerable shell midden at the mouth of the cave is clear evidence that it was at some time occupied. The 'rectangular grave' - possibly a cist - was located about 8 metres from the cave entrance.

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Notes: Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale. Visited by OS (R D) 22 November 1971.