Site Represents a site. Prim Media 183 Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Parish Kilrenny Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Caiplie Caves, Anstruther Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived sacredlandscapesoffife Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource tt27@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 89 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.23624296920998,-2.6636981946649034; Description An account of the resource The Caves of Caiplie, or the Coves as they are known locally, are found about 3 miles to the east of Anstruther. They are natural caves carved in the rock face by sea action, which in places have been artificially enlarged. They have been long associated with two saints, Ethernan and his later medieval incarnation, Adrian. The largest cave, known as the ‘Chapel Cave’, contains a number of incised and pecked crosses, many of which have been identified as dating from the early middle ages. A further cave, known as the ‘Mortuary Cave’ is 6 metres to the north. In 1841 a long cist cemetery was found in front of this cave and it contains a Pictish arch symbol cut into the wall. The exact way in which these caves were used in the early middle ages is unclear, but it is likely that they were occupied by hermits. Other crosses date from the High and Later Middle Ages, indicating that the caves continued to have a sacred purpose, perhaps as a stopping place on the pilgrim routes to the Isle of May, Crail and St Andrews. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 15/06/2021 References A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. (1) Peter Klemen, Tom Turpie, Louise Turner and Thomas Rees, Historic Kilrenny, Anstruther Wester, Anstruther Easter and Cellardyke. Archaeology and Development (Glenrothes, Scottish Burgh Survey, 2017), p. 19-20. (2) John Stuart, The sculptured stones of Scotland (Aberdeen, 1856), ii, lxxxix-xc. (3) Simon Taylor & Gilbert Markus, The Place-Names of Fife. Volume Three. St Andrews and the East Neuk (Donington, 2009), pp. 323-325 & 39 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date Modified Date on which the resource was changed. 09/26/2023 03:59:31 pm Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Caiplie Caves, Anstruther Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT