Silver Cave

The OS Namebook (OS1/1/22/146) has: Silver Cave - A fine cave running right under the stables of Slains Castle.

1st Ed shows a 40m cave running from the end of the geo - but it currently looks as if the entrance, has been largely filled by the beach and perhaps, fallen rocks - see photo 1 & 2. Photo 3 is a bit more hopeful.

A guide to the ruins of Slains Castle suggests a mysterious tunnel lies under Slains Castle and connects to the Silver Cave however like most such mystery tunnels if it ever existed it is now sealed and the entrance lost .

Links and Resources:

ScotlandsPlaces (OS Namebook). scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/aberdeenshire-os-name-books-186....
1st Ed OS 25 in see above. Look at the bottom left of this sheet.
Photo 1 shows the end of the geo and a likely looking rift joint, but no entrance visible at the bottom of it. Taken on 15 September 2020.
Photo 2 zoomed version of photo 1.
Photo 3 taken from the cliff on the N side of the geo on 22 Feb 24. It looked a bit more hopeful by eye - N Feilden.
Photo 4 shows the small cave on the left in photo 1. Clearly quite short and not a candidate matching the OS or Namebook.
Barricco, Alessandro, Ocean Sea. Fictional account of a mysterious tunnel leading from the cellar of Slains Castle to the sea.
Morton, Kate, The Shifting Fog. Fictional account of a mysterious tunnel leading from the cellar of Slains Castle to the sea.
Unfortunately while there are references to Slains Castle - A Guide to the Ruins, so far the actual document is elusive.

This entry was last updated: 2024-09-12 12:13:45

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NGR:	NK 10227 36168
WGS84:	57.41577, -1.83140
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	Not recorded
Geology:	Peterhead granite
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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