Tremuda NW (4)

A tall, beached or supratidal rift cave at the end of the inlet between Tremuda and Strabandra Knap. S wall is Dunottar conglomerate - at least at entrance. N wall is Tremuda basalt. A large lump of conglomerate in S side at entrance. Aligned on 48 deg. About 13.4 m W and 17.1 H at 27m in. Est internal rise on floor from entrance, 4m ish. A gallery at W end which appeared to be an extra 4 m, but could be a bit longer. The rift is on a fault - see BGS map.

Notes: Access: By land from saddle on Strabandra Knap going down grassy slope, keeping to E side until you can get onto the ungrassed conglomerate ledge which leads down to sea level. Needs to be in bottom half of the tide.

Links and Resources:

Current OS cave dot.
James Reid in his 'Caves and Birds of Fowlsheugh', 1927, refers to this cave, which he does not name: "Beside the Cove Heads another cavern has been formed by the sea working along faulting in the rock, where the conglomerate and the porphyrite meet. This cave, which is as big as a small church, is above sea level, and may be approached from the land by a steep path." The Cove Heads is the promontory named Tremuda on the OS map. Porphyrite is now referred to as basalt.
BGS map shows a fault running along the S cliff of Strabandra (inlet) through this cave.
Photo 1 shows the entrance to this cave, on the right, and to that of Tremuda NW (5) more centrally.
Photo 2 entrance from 15-20 m away. The big lump on the left is conglomerate. Everything else is basalt.
Photo 3 looking towards the entrance from about 5 m inside. The lump on the right is conglomerate.
Photo 4 a pile of rock dove guano plus a washed in car tyre.
Photo 5 showing the raised gallery at the NW end. It was just a bit too high to scramble up. Note that the rock in the foreground is conglomerate, while that above it is basalt.

This entry was last updated: 2023-08-24 14:14:49

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NGR:	NO 88029 83188
WGS84:	56.93981, -2.19836
Length:	40 m
Vert. Range:	20 m
Altitude:	7 m
Geology:	Dunnottar Conglomerate, Tremuda Basalt
Tags:	Cave, SeaCave
Registry:	main

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