King’s Cave
King's Cave is the largest of a series of seafront caves north of Blackwaterfoot on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. The caves were formed around 10,000 to 6,000 years ago during an ice age when the weight of an advancing glacier forced the land downward, so the sea was higher relative to the location of the cave, with high tide around 4 metres up from its present level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “King’s Cave,Torbeg,Blackwaterfoot”, “King’s Caves”, and “Kings Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Moss Farm Road Stone Circle and St Molios Church.
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle
Photo: Colin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moss Farm Road Stone Circle is the remains of a Bronze Age burial cairn, surrounded by a circle of stones. It is located near Machrie on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Moss Farm Road Stone Circle is situated 1½ miles northeast of King’s Cave.
St Molios Church
Church
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Molios Church is situated 2 miles southeast of King’s Cave.
Nicol Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nicol Memorial is situated 1¼ miles east of King’s Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Torbeg and Blackwaterfoot.
Blackwaterfoot
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Isle of Arran is part of Ayrshire in southwest Scotland. It lies in the Firth of Clyde, the broad reach of sea southwest of Glasgow and enclosed by the Ayrshire coast to the east and the Kintyre peninsula to the west. Blackwaterfoot is situated 2 miles southeast of King’s Cave.
Shiskine
Village
Photo: Peter Amsden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shiskine is a small village on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kilmory. Sitting further up the "Shiskine Valley" from the village of Blackwaterfoot, the village takes its name from a corruption of the Gaelic for "marshy place". Shiskine is situated 2 miles east of King’s Cave.
King’s Cave
- Categories: architectural structure and landform
- Location: North Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.52534° or 55° 31′ 31″ northLongitude
-5.35325° or 5° 21′ 12″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
9C7PGJGW+4MOpenStreetMap ID
node 411749423OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“King’s Cave” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “King’s Caves”
- Swedish: “King’s Caves”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “King’s Cave”. Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.