Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Candlestick

Candlestick, a cavern on the coast of Duirinish parish, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire. It is nearly 100 feet long and about 50 feet high, and it takes its name from being so dark as to be visible only with the aid of a candle.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a cavern"   (ADL Feature Type: "caves")
Administrative units: Duirinish ScoP       Inverness Shire ScoCnty

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