There are a number of caves sites with Iron Age activity which may need to be incorporated into the burial and ritual narrative, including the Archerfield Caves (Cree 1909), Rhodes Links (Richardson 1907) and Seacliff (Sligo 1857; Laidlaw 1870). As Hunter reminds us, all of the aforementioned cave sites have produced artefacts that are of Iron Age date, but with the exception of the pin from Rhodes Links, which suggests a marker of status (2009). All other objects suggest a range of activities that were fairly prosaic and mundane, with only bone and, in one case, textile-working are recorded.
Concern here should be more with the human remains recorded in the majority of the cave sites, bar Archerfield. The cave finds have not been independently dated, but their repeated presence is suggestive. There are other hints of special deposits; the condition of the Rhodes Links pin suggests it could be a deliberate deposit, as may a substantial part of a pot from Seacliff. Thus, it seems caves fulfilled a rather specialised role in the landscape, including (though not solely) ritual aspects.