St Ninian's Cave
54°41′38″N 4°26′59″W / 54.6938°N 4.4498°W
| St Ninian's Cave | |
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 Entrance of the cave, 2007 | |
| OS grid reference | NX4212935962 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
St Ninian's Cave is a cave in Physgill Glen, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It features in the climax of the acclaimed 1973 horror film The Wicker Man. It is a place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage by way of its association with the Scottish saint Ninian.
Excavations in the cave in the 1880s and the 1950s uncovered a collection of early medieval carved stones. There were 18 in total, most of them built into a post-medieval wall, others lying loose in the cave's interior or at its mouth.
Rockfalls near the entrance have diminished the size of the cave over time, as seen at right.
References
- ^ "St Ninian's Cave". www.historicenvironment.scot.
- ^ Stell, Geoffrey (1996). Dumfries and Galloway. Stationery Office. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-11-495294-5.
- ^ Bruce, David (1996). Scotland the Movie. Edinburgh: Polygon. ISBN 074866209X.
- ^ Winn, Christopher (2012). I Never Knew That About Scotland. Random House. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4481-4608-6.
- ^ Aurther, Dean. "Man Trapped in Cave". Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ "St Ninian's Cave: History". www.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
See also
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