Hanging Rock Caves

Nearest town:
North Berwick (5km E)
OS reference:
NT498857
OS sheet:
66
Latitude:
56° 3' 41.13 N
Longitude:
2° 48' 22.57 W
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Hanging Rock Caves

Martin
Martin Apr 20, 2002

Hanging Rocks Caves
Saturday 13/4/02
Two caves here- the westernmost being the smaller of the two. This is a bit of a Fisher-Price ‘My-First-Cave’ for Aed! In the smaller cave the roof and the cliff leading from it are blackened- possibly from years of fires built in here. The larger cave is just around the cliff and has a small wall built at the entrance. You can walk about 10 m or so into this one- the other requires stooping even to get in. I had a check of the wall and roofs of these, but no signs of markings.

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Hanging Rock Caves
Cave / Rock Shelter
Martin
Martin Apr 20, 2002

These caves were excavated in 1908 and were found to contain an iron knife, a socketed spearhead, bone button, parts of glass armlets, a whetstone, a deer horn pick, a bronze pin etc. In other words- remains of several occupations. All the finds relate to the early Iron Age. The wall built across the larger cave is reckoned to date between the 4th and 12th centuries.

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