The cave name is thought to derive from the Norse 'smjugg' or 'smuga' meaning a hole or hiding-place. There are various tales of the cave being used as a hide away over the centuries and also as a place where local highwayman, McMurdo, would murder his victims by throwing them down the sink hole at the rear. Map location.
![Looking down at Smoo Cave, Durness
The cave name is thought to derive from the Norse 'smjugg' or 'smuga' meaning a hole or hiding-place. There are various tales of the cave being used as a hide away over the centuries and also as a place where local highwayman, McMurdo, would murder his victims by throwing them down the sink hole at the rear. [url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=241825&Y=967562&A=Y&Z=115&ax=241888&ay=967132/] Map location. [/url]](albums/userpics/10001/normal_Smoo_Cave2C_Sutherland.jpg "Click to view full size image
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Looking down at Smoo Cave, Durness
The cave name is thought to derive from the Norse 'smjugg' or 'smuga' meaning a hole or hiding-place. There are various tales of the cave being used as a hide away over the centuries and also as a place where local highwayman, McMurdo, would murder his victims by throwing them down the sink hole at the rear. [url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=241825&Y=967562&A=Y&Z=115&ax=241888&ay=967132/] Map location. [/url]")
