Sunnyside Cave

Muchalls Shore, Mill of Muchalls, N of Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, (Kincardineshire).

A raised beach cave whose entrance is hidden behind a talus pile. After a slightly stooping entrance, 3m wide and 1.9m high, the floor is level and mostly sandy, and dry. There is a large rock jutting out from the NE wall about 15m in which makes a bit of a table. There is a 4.3m subtunnel to its right. Width before the rock is 4.5m and height 3.3m. After the rock it narrows a bit for 5m, at which point it is 1m wide and 1.5 m high. The tunnel narrows down to a pointed end a further 4.6m in.

On 6 Nov 20 there were steps with wooden risers held by wooden pegs and also a knotted rope to help to get up the talus slope to the entrance. Inside, on the floor near the table rock, were a dozen or so candle night lights.

Notes: Access: via Mill of Muchalls down to Muchalls Shore and follow left past a beach hut. Probably best to park beside a field gate, before going under the railway viaduct, after which there are a number of houses, and chickens, ducks and several peacocks wandering.

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There is an OS dot 25m to the east which probably refers to this cave, as there is no cave nearer to that dot.
Length survey 6 Nov 20 by N Feilden.
Photo 1 entrance from the S end of Muchalls shore (bay). Middle of frame, above the near rock, in a shallow 'V' of talus. 10/11/20.
Photo 2 entrance from the middle of Muchalls shore, looking NE. In the 'V' with bracken slope on left, grass on right. There are wooden steps up the bracken slope. Taken 6/11/20.
Photo 3 the top of the entrance, in shadow, from near the top of the talus ridge. Taken 6/11/20.
Photo 4 looking in to the big rock, from a bit inside the entrance - without a floodlight! There are a number of nightlights on the floor, near the big rock. Taken 6/11/20.
Photo 5 looking past the W side of the big rock towards the entrance. Taken 6/11/20.
Photo 6 looking towards the entrance from beside the big rock. Taken 6/11/20.

This entry was last updated: 2024-11-21 16:34:26

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NGR:	NO 90021 90945
WGS84:	57.00954, -2.16593
Length:	29 m
Vert. Range:	2 m
Altitude:	13 m
Geology:	Glen Lethnot Grit Formation - metamorphic
Tags:	Cave
Registry:	main

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