St Cuthbert's Cave

It is a very small cave, which seems to have been artificially enlarged, but there is a tiny natural elliptic tube at the back.

[1] Neolithic cup and ring markings, now no longer visible, were sketched there by George Tate in 1865 who wrote that, "On the scalp of the rock where it dips into the hill, four figures are traceable; but from being very much defaced, it is difficult to make out these forms, even when viewed under a favourable light.

"[2] Recent excavations, revealing extensive cup and ring markings, have been conducted at nearby Dod Law.

[citation needed] The cave is formed of overhanging rock, sufficiently large to provide shelter for a small group,[4] with a width of 24m and height of 3m.

According to legend, these caves might have been among the places in which either the monks took shelter with their holy relic or where Cuthbert himself lived as an anchorite hermit before moving to the Farne Islands.