Category:St Fillans cave

Pittenweem, St Fillan's Cave And Well 

architectural structure in Fife, Scotland, UK
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Instance of	architectural structure
Location	Pittenweem Fife United Kingdom
Heritage designation	category B listed building (LB39873, 1972–)
56° 12′ 47.52″ N, 2° 43′ 39″ W
Authority file  Q17794156 Historic Environment Scotland ID: LB39873 Canmore ID: 34254 POWiS ID: 8141 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries PetScan statistics WikiMap Locator tool KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

This cave is the reason for Pittenweem's name. Weem means a place and Pit means a cave. It can be found off Cove Wynd in Pittenweem. In the 7th century the cave was reached by boat (there was no harbour then) and was reputed to be a favourite place for smugglers. Since the 1930s it has been reconsecrated as a Christian shrine.