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*seacave (NW3 Trelung Bay) 'H' Cave [S Entrance] *seacave (NW1 Trelung Bay) *seacave (NW2 Trelung Bay) Trough Cove [North Entrance] Trelung Ness Subterraneous Passage - S entrance Trough Cove [Middle Entrance] *Cave Trelung Ness Subterraneous Passage - N entrance *Cave Yellow Post Subterraneous Passage/Arch Trough Cove [South Entrance] Yellow Post Cave SE Grey Bear Cave Spurnell's Cove Wine Cove (2) Wine Cove (1) Wine Cove (3) *seacave (SC2) *seacave (SC3) Hope Cove
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Trelung Bay, Fowlsheugh, N of Crawton, Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire.
NGR: | NO 87908 81549 |
WGS84: | 56.92508, -2.20027 |
Length: | 115 m |
Vert. Range: | 8 m |
Altitude: | 1.9 m |
Geology: | Whitehouse Conglomerate Formation |
Tags: | Other |
Registry: | main |
The 'H' cave consists of two tunnels going into the cliff in the NNE aligned S part of Trelung bay. These are linked by a third tunnel parallel to the cliff line, and about 10-15m in. This is the 'bar' of the 'H' and is 40 m long. The north tunnel is about 20-30m long and ends in a boulder beach. The south tunnel curves round to the right to about 348 degrees (N by W) and is 36 m long from the dividing pillar. The linking tunnel is kayak navigable in the top half of the tide. At 3.1 m ACD you have to avoid some boulders, which at 3.6 m are covered.
The N entrance faces E by S and has a sill whose lowest point is at 1.9 m ACD and is thus not navigable even into the N tunnel unless the tide is at least 2.3 m ACD. It is
Grey seals often haul out on the N beach. They also sleep/doze in the water along the joining tunnel; sometimes horizontal, other times nose up.
There are white deposits of calcium carbonate on the ceiling of the joining tunnel and the S extension - see photos 4-6 of the S entrance entry.
Alternate Names: None recorded.
Notes: Access: by sea N from Catterline or S from Stonehaven. Entrances are visible from Trelung Ness.
The extension to the S tunnel has been measured; the bar is inferred from entrance NGR's and entrance facing directions. Other lengths, alt and VR of this entrance are estimates.
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