Fingal's Cave, best-known of the caves in the basalt stacks on the southwest coast of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. 69 metres long and 12 metres wide with a roof arch approximately 22 metres high this natural phenomenon was the inspiration for Felix Mendelssohn's (1809-1847) overture 'The Hebrides'. Hand-coloured engraving published 1849.

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Keywords: 19th, acoustics, britain, century, geological, geology, grotto, music, phenomenon