Hello there, hope some of you can help.

I am a local historian for the East Kilbride area, and I often look over reference material for the surrounding areas. I have noticed a cave marked on an OS map and want to know more.

I have access to around 700 books, 200 manuscripts, 75 maps, and countless other records for the surrounding area, which I would say represents an almost complete record of the districts. Any other information if it exists must be in private hands because I have scoured every library & archive, and council holdings in Scotland, England, Ireland, and most of the available collections of international universities in search of local East Kilbride info. a majority of these books cover Hamilton & don't mention it!

Apart from the one marking of 'The Cave' on OS maps I cannot find any mention of this cave in any of the works I have available to reference!

This makes me very eager to find out more about what this cave is, and to know if any local info exists. I believe there may be something held at Hamilton Library about it, but nobody there can find anything. and all my reference material concentrates on East Kilbride, but I would expected to have seen at least one mention of it. There is no mention on the Web either.

It is located in a tributary which feeds the Avon. It is west of Chatelherault/Cadzow, in the Meikle Burn Glen. It is marked beside a waterfall. Does anybody know the history of this cave???

Thank you.

Bit of a rough guess here, but try the British Geological Survey http://www.bgs.ac.uk
or this http://capra.group.shef.ac.uk/2/scotlandbib.html

If it is anything like Crutherland Cave, I fear the same.

This is purely speculation, but because the cave is shown beside a waterfall and listed as 'The Cave' instead of just 'Cave', I assume there is some story attached to it. From its appearance on the map it has the look of a lost beauty spot about it, so I assumed it would have some history.
  

Funny enough because of my work schedule I have only been able to visit a lot of places at night which is never good for visibility. Those of you reading the Bothwell Castle Tunnel thread will see this rings true. LOL

Anyway, last night I ventured to near the site. I could not find anything in the dark, but the river certainly occupies a steep tributary gorge. I will be going back in daytime. The site looks a likely candidate for cave(s).

Has anybody seen these caves, or is even aware of their existance, even if they have only seen them on a map? I can't be the only one. There must be some history.

I got a glimpse of this cave today.

I went with a few friends to see the Cadzow Oaks, and then we ventured over towards the cave just as it got dark. From the steep eastern banks above the Meikle Burn we peered down the gorge.
   To my delight, and the awe of my friends we saw what appears to be a large 'real' cave with its entrance starting from the edge of the burn. We could see a large dark entrance leading into the side of the gorge. Sure, we would have to get back and find our way to the entrance, so we could judge the caves depth, but its entrance was remarkable. I can only assume the spring marked on the maps issues from the cave's mouth.
Once again, I emphasize, a 'real' 'proper' cave!

Funny, a proper large cave in Lanarkshire with no apparent paper trail behind it???

Surely there must be something written down, or someone knows more?