By Tom Bevan

Police have launched a probe after vandals carved graffiti into the wall of a historic cave linked to Robert the Bruce .

Officers in Ayrshire said vandals have damaged the King’s Cave at Blackwaterfoot on the Isle of Arran, a cave where, according to legend, Robert the Bruce may have sought refuge and was inspired by a spider.

Historic Environment Scotland has declared the caves south of King’s Cave a nationally important site due to their variety of uses over thousands of years.

Its website said King’s Cave contains extensive Early Christian and medieval carvings, and may have been an anchorite's cell - a cell for someone who lives in seclusion usually for religious reasons.

According to a legend popularised by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott, Robert the Bruce hid i

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