In the Highlands of Scotland on the Moray Firth and on the south shore of the Black Isle and just up the coast from Rosemarkie, there are 19 old sea caves.

Some of these are large and dry, and all are at least 3 metres above the high water mark. For the past 7000 years, due to isostatic recovery after the last Ice Age, the land has been rising, while the sea has receded. The old, raised shoreline can be seen round most of the Black Isle; Cromarty, Avoch and Rosemarkie all sit on raised beaches, as do the caves.

Some of these are easily big enough to have been lived in during historic and possibly prehistoric times. They certainly would have been very inviting for any passing bands of hunter-gatherers. And they are largely unexplored.

The Rosemarkie Caves Project is a partnership between people living locally and the North of Scotland Archaeology Society (NOSAS), assisted and advised by professional archaeologists. The group members want to investigate the archaeology of the caves to ascertain who used them, and when. Usage could go back for 5000 years.