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Cairndoon Cave [1]

Burrow Head, Cairndoon, Grey Mare's Tail, Wigtownshire.

NGR:NX 37450 38955
WGS84:54.71925, -4.52522
Length:Not recorded
Vert. Range:Not recorded
Altitude:Not recorded
Geology:Kirkmaiden Formation - Wacke
Tags:Cave, SeaCave, SSSI
Registry:main

Noted as Caves. Aerial photography suggests two or possibly three caves.

Cairndoon Cave [1] [NX 37450 38955] cutting deep into the cliff. Perhaps 7-8 m high, 4 5 m wide, in a 15 m long channel in the bedrock running from the low tide mark to the cliff, it has a rocky beach where the cave disappears into shadow.

Alternate Names: None recorded.

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This entry was last updated: 2022-03-08 16:06:18

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