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Calderbank, Lanarkshire.
| NGR: | NS 76000 63000 |
| WGS84: | 55.84422, -3.98191 |
| Length: | Not recorded |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | Not recorded |
| Geology: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Cave, ManMade |
| Registry: | second |
Cave. This entry is based entirely on a reference in Oldham's Caves of Scotland bibliography, which is almost certainly a duplicate entry for Covenanter's Cave [see Site 2094]. There is no cave at the given coordinates, which are based on a four figure NGR.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: The Statistical Account of Scotland reference (excerpt below) used by Oldham for 'Monkland Cave' fits that of Covenanter's Cave.
"The only antiquity worth remarking, is a large artificial cave, dug out of a bold rocky eminence, on the banks of the river Calder, in the estate of Monkland, in a most romantic and frequented spot, and which seems to have been a most laborious undertaking. But whether it has intended as an asylum in barbarous times, or the abode of a melancholic hermit, tradition is perfectly silent, although the former is most probable." [OSAoS]
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