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Mauchline, Auchinbay, Ayrshire.
| NGR: | NS 48810 23630 |
| WGS84: | 55.48303, -4.39406 |
| Length: | 2.4 m |
| Vert. Range: | Not recorded |
| Altitude: | 68 m |
| Geology: | Mauchline Sandstone Formation |
| Tags: | Cave, ManMade, Archaeo |
| Registry: | second |
Cave.
This Cave is evidently artificial, as the marks of the chisel or other instrument used in the hollowing of it out, are quite visible. Cut in a solid freestone rock which rises about 20 feet perpendicular from the water edge.
The bottom of the cave is about 10 feet above the bed of the river, 6 feet high, 4 wide and about 8 long. The only way of access to it is from the top by 6 steps each 15 inch apart cut in the rock. It is generally supposed by the people of the neighbourhood that the prophet Peden lay concealed here for some time, from which circumstance the name is derived. [OS Namebook]
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Notes: Not to be confused with another cave of the same name in Ayrshire, located further north near Craigie. [Peden's Cave, database site #4205]
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This entry was last updated: 2025-06-04 10:13:10
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