there is a small man-made cave carved into the outcrop beneath the bunnet stane called maiden's bower. the story goes that many years ago a young maiden fell in love with the son of a rival family. the stone was their meeting spot but one day, as she approached, she saw her father's men ambush and kill the young man. after that she refused to return home and spent the remainder of her life in the cave, becoming known locally as a saint. more realistic theories suggest that the cave may have been built by a landlord as a bothy or by surveyors in the 19th century. a further explanation was provided by a contributor to the scots magazine, a few years ago. this person was an elderly lady who, as a child, spent holiday time at the nearby farm of wester nether urquhart. in her letter, she described an old man (possibly an ex-soldier) who was given permission by the farmer to make himself a small bothy which he occupied while employed as a shepherd. an examination of the interior shows the remains of an iron fire grate and ventilation chimney. the walls bear grooves, notches and small platforms which are likely to have served the purpose of partitioning off, say, a sleeping area or storage. one largeish notch in the southern wall may have supported one end of a sleeping platform