Deer Hill Cave - Scottish Cave and Mine Database Site Details

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Deer Hill Cave

NGR:	NG 84000 41700
WGS84:	57.41418, -5.59826
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	90 m
Geology:	Eilean Dubh Formation - Dolostone
Tags:	Cave, Rising
Registry:	main

Cave / Resurgence on the north slopes of Carn nam Fiadh south-south-east of Tornapress.

Notes: The coordinates put this on the north slopes of Carn nam Fiadh (Hill of the Deer), SSE of Tornapress, east of the upper reaches of Loch Kishorn. The area is described as the Coille Dubh (Black Wood) but Coille Dubh is historically a small area north of Tornapress on the north-west flanks of Cnoc Gorm. Birch compared to Ash of Rassel Wood. Limestone outcrops with "grikes" are more frequent and angle of slope greater than Rassel Wood.

Links and Resources:

Caves of Applecross & Kishorn, p. 34.
archive.bsbi.org.uk/Proc5p1.pdf.
Slack, Alfred.A.P. & Stirling, A. McG., 1963, Proc. Bot. Soc. Br. Isl., vol. 5, pp. 1-12. The Cambrian Limestone Flora of Kishorn.
Scotland's Places, scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/ross-and-cromarty-os-name-books....

This entry was last updated: 2020-11-02 00:59:42

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