St Ninian's Cave

54.6938°N 4.4498°W / 54.6938; -4.4498

St Ninian's Cave
Entrance of the cave, 2007
OS grid reference	NX4212935962
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Wigtown
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK Scotland

St Ninian's Cave is a cave in Physgill Glen, Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.^[1][2] It features in the climax of the 1973 horror film The Wicker Man.^[3][4] It is a place of Roman Catholic pilgrimage by way of its association with the Scottish saint Ninian.^{[citation needed]}

Excavations in the cave in the 1880s and the 1950s uncovered a collection of early medieval carved stones. There were 18 in total, most of them built into a post-medieval wall, others lying loose in the cave's interior or at its mouth.^[5]

Rockfalls near the entrance have diminished the size of the cave over time, as seen at right.^{[citation needed]}