Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search PageMap with: Google Map, or OS Explorer Map from Streetmap.co.uk
Go to the Main Scottish Cave and Mine Database Search Page
Assynt, Traligill, Sutherland.
| NGR: | NC 27789 19889 |
| WGS84: | 58.13429, -4.92656 |
| Length: | 12 m |
| Vert. Range: | 6.5 m |
| Altitude: | 270 m |
| Geology: | Not recorded |
| Tags: | Cave, Dig, Shake, SSSI |
| Registry: | main |
A small hole in a shakehole approximately 200 m north-northeast of Loch Mhoalach-coire Sink allows entry by a narrow but navigable pitch to a small chamber (Kit Chamber) 5 m by 2 m and 1.5 m high. Both ends of the chamber are choked. A small impenetrable hole in the floor may sometimes have a small stream at the bottom.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: Named after Harry Belafonte and his song about a bucket with a hole. Belafonte Pot was discovered by members of the GSG returning from a dig with a damaged bucket: 19/3/2016
Hydrographic Feeds: Upper Traligill Basin
Hydrographic Resurgences: River Traligill
Links and Resources:
This entry was last updated: 2023-01-23 19:54:12
Errors or omissions in this information? Submit corrections/additions/comments for this entry to the registrars.
All database content Copyright 2025 Grampian Speleological Group.
Web Registry software by Matt Voysey.