MacFarquhar's Bed Natural Arches

A group of natural arches or a large sea cave with 3 or 4 entrances under a small rock outcrop. Named after the 17th century eccentric (or smuggler) MacFarquar.

Links and Resources:

www.trover.com/d/1mAFL-macfarquhar%E2%80%99s-bed-highland-scotland.
www.thefriendsofhughmiller.org.uk/index.asp?pageid=517590.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCpSo6g-u1M.
Miller, Hugh, 1829, Inverness Courier (A Noble Smuggler And Other Stories, ed Martin Gostwick).
Miller, Hugh 1835 Scenes and Legends of the North of Scotland or The Traditional History of Cromarty.
OS 10k background mapping.
Streetmap.
Abbot, Alex Reece, 2017, 'MacFarquhar's Bed'. Strolling among the Cairngorms, the smuggler MacFarquhar observes the way 'the bark of the beech trees trails silver, lichen beards. Their dark, wind-sculpted branches reach out for the sky, wild as the hair of Macbeth's crones.'
Scotland's Places.

This entry was last updated: 2020-01-17 18:20:08

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NGR:	NH 79909 65267
WGS84:	57.66122, -4.01449
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Not recorded
Tags:	Cave, Arch, SeaCave
Registry:	second

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