# Fingal's Cave

- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **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

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.

![Photo of Fingal's Cave](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Scotland-Staffa-Fingals-Cave-1900.jpg)

**Source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingal's_Cave (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)