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Staffa Rock Shelter [6] Pistol Shot Cave Gunshot Cave Staffa Rock Shelter [5] Float Cave Staffa Non-Cave (1) North Shore Shelf Cave Inchkenneth View Cave Fan Cave Fulann (Uamh na) Goat Cave Natural Arch Staffa Rock Shelter [9] Goat Cave Staffa [Overview] Staffa Non-Cave (2) Staffa Rock Shelter [2] Staffa Rock Shelter [1] Gurgle Passage Gabhar (Uamh nan) [south chamber] Staffa Rock Shelter [8] Laminaria Cave Gabhar (Uamh nan) [north chamber] Staffa Rock Shelter [4]
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Staffa, near Float Cave, Argyllshire.
| NGR: | NM 32462 35860 |
| WGS84: | 56.43880, -6.34206 |
| Length: | 15 m |
| Vert. Range: | 3.8 m |
| Altitude: | 0 m |
| Geology: | Mull Lava Group - Basalt |
| Tags: | Cave, SeaCave, SSSI, NNR |
| Registry: | main |
Rock Shelter 7 (NM 32462 35860, surveyed by Tony Boycott) consists of three linked areas of undercutting, largest (to north) 7.0 m wide, 6.0 m deep & 2.0 m high. Deepest part smaller 3.0 m wide recess at slightly higher level with most of hole about 3.0-4.0 m deep. Other two holes immediately to south & about 1.5 m lower have combined width of 5.5 m, both 3.8 m deep & 2.0 m high. All three holes eroded into lower entablature - which shows bubbling suggestive of water being present at time of flow - although small sections of columnar features (possibly top of lower entablature layer) below largest hole.
Alternative Names: None recorded.
Hydrographic Feeds: Sea of the Hebrides
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This entry was last updated: 2024-08-26 17:35:42
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