Fingal's Cave - Ten Random Facts

Fingal’s Cave is a cave full of sound.

Fingal’s Cave is a cave located on the coast of the small deserted island called Staffa, that is part of Europe’s Scotland.
Fingal’s Cave is primarily made of basalt columns, caused by volcanic action, that are largely hexagonal prisms.
Fingal’s Cave has an arch shaped roof and gaping mouth, formed by erosion caused by water, and water can be found in the cave.
‘Fingal’s Cave’ is also known as ‘an uaimh binn’, and its literal Irish translation is ‘the melodic cave’.
The sounds of the nearby waves echo throughout Fingal’s Cave, creating strange sounds.

‘Fingal’s Cave’ was named after a heroic character, ‘Fingal’, in a poem said to be translated by James Macpherson, a Scottish poet and historian in the 1700s, which was likely a reference to the Irish myth of a giant named Fionn mac Cumhaill (or Finn McCool).
Fingal’s Cave has been mentioned or pictured in numerous art and literary pieces, and possibly the most famous is the overture that German composer Felix Mendelssohn wrote, titled ‘The Hebrides’ (known also as ‘Fingal’s Cave’) after he visited the site in the late 1820s.
Tourists can access Fingal’s Cave by boat, or by foot once on the island, although the cave is not suitable for boats to enter.
Fingal’s Cave measurements are disputed, and the height is said to range from 20 to 23 metres (66 to 75 feet), while the depth ranges from 45 to 85 metres (150 to 279 feet), and the widest part is said to be approximately 12 metres (40 feet).
The basalt columns of Fingal’s Cave are similar to those that form the Giant’s Causeway, in Europe’s Northern Ireland, and it is possible that both sites were created by the same volcanic action.

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