Fingal's Cave
Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, known for its natural acoustics. The National Trust for Scotland owns the cave as part of a national nature reserve. It became known as Fingal's Cave after the eponymous hero of an epic poem by 18th-century Scots poet-historian James Macpherson.
Details
- Access
- Public
- Geology
- Paleocene basalt flow
- Hazards
- Partially filled by the sea, slippery rocks
- Location
- Staffa, Scotland
- Discovery
- 1772
- Other Name
- An Uaimh Bhinn
- Photo Caption
- Entrance to Fingal's Cave, 1900
- Entrance Count
- One