Fingal's Cave, on the island of Staffa off the west coast of Scotland
(near Mull and Iona), is a sea cave formed within Tertiary basalt lava
flows which have cooled to form hexagonal columns (like those of the
Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland). There is a path in on one side
which involves stepping from the top of one column to the next. The cave
stretches 250 feet in to the rock and its roof is 70 feet above the
sea. Fingal's cave was the inspiration for Mendelssohn's Hebridean
overture.
Its size and naturally arched roof and the eerie sounds produced by the
echoes of waves, give it the atmosphere of a natural cathedral. The
cave's Gaelic name, An Uaimh Bhinn, means "the melodious cave."
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