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Kettle's Cave

North Uist, Tigharry, Invernessshire.

Sea Cave and Natural Arch in the cliffs between the beaches at Hoglan and Traigh s'Tir.

The blow-hole of Kettle Spout as it is known locally consists of a narrow arch bridging a deep chasm over the Atlantic waves. In very stormy weather fountains of water gush forth from this orifice. The approach to the blow hole should be treated with caution, the rocks are sloping and slippery, and a fall from these cliffs could prove fatal.

In the months of May and June beware also of an electric fence erected to contain livestock in the area (NF 705 727). [Mike Townsend]

The website for Kettle Cottage at Holgan Bay mentions the cottage [Taigh a' Choire (Kettle House)] takes its name from the nearby natural arch and blow hole, the "Spouting Kettle" or "Slochd a Choire" in Gaelic. Atlantic storms force huge waves into the cave causing the sea to spout into the air through the blow hole, hence the name.

Alternative Names: Kettle Spout (The), Slochd a' Choire, Spouting Kettle, Kettle Pit

Notes: Slochd na Choire - Signifies "The Kettle pit" and is applied to a large hole in the rock of considerable depth. It is above high water mark and the sea has access to it at high water. [addendum "Situated in the rock north of "Garry Gaal".] [OS Name Book, Scotland's Places]

Tigharry or Tigh a' Ghearraidh is the house on the rock. Past the drowned village in Loch Hosta in the cliffs across the road is a spouting cave.