Dowcate Cave
Dowcate Cave is a cave in Highland Council, Scotland. Dowcate Cave is situated nearby to the ruins South Sutor Gun Emplacements, as well as near the peak Gallow Hill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cromarty Lighthouse and Cromarty Harbour.
Cromarty Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Michael Shepherd, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cromarty Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles west of Dowcate Cave.
Cromarty Harbour
Dock
Photo: Lirazelf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cromarty Harbour is a dock, which is situated 1½ miles west of Dowcate Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cromarty and Nigg.
Cromarty
Town
Photo: Oyoyoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cromarty is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, it is 5 miles seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. Cromarty is situated 1½ miles west of Dowcate Cave.
Nigg
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nigg is a village and parish in Easter Ross, administered by the Highland Council. It lies on the north shore of the entrance to the Cromarty Firth. The Cromarty Firth has long served as a deep-water harbour. Nigg is situated 3 miles north of Dowcate Cave.
Barbaraville
Village
Photo: William Grierson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barbaraville is a small settlement on the north shore of Nigg Bay in the Cromarty Firth in the Highland council area of Scotland. Housing dates from 1820 on when local people were allowed to build on packets of land from local estates at Balnagown, Tarbet and Polnicol. Barbaraville is situated 5 miles northwest of Dowcate Cave.
Dowcate Cave
- Type: Cave
- Category: landform
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
57.67654° or 57° 40′ 36″ northLongitude
-3.99353° or 3° 59′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C9RM2G4+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1649133095OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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