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Wallace's Cave [Minishant]

Long Glen, Minishant, Ayrshire.

Tradition Says that Wallace Concealed himself here for some time after the "Barns of Ayr" in 1297. In the south side of "Long Glen", close by and having its entrance level with the bed of a small stream. Its mouth is about 5 feet in height by about two wide the bottom level and about 12 feet in length the roof sloping downwards to its inner extremity. It is apparently artificial from marks in the rock - white freestone - supposed to have been left by the implements in the hollowing of it out.

Wallace's Cave is supposedly located downstream of Halfway bridge. The entrance has been concealed by soil movements. The site is at the foot of precipitous slopes and completely hidden by the dense growth of trees. [Canmore]

Difficult to find and now partly buried, the cave is on the south bank of the heavily wooded Long Glen, downstream from the bridge. Said to be where Wallace bivouacked before burning the Barns of Ayr. [Ayr Burners]

Alternative Names: None recorded.

Hydrographic Feeds: None

Hydrographic Resurgences: None