Shield Hill 2FB arches

Two arches, close together rather like very chunky flying buttresses against the cliff to the W. There is a sea passage running NS between them and the cliff, which is navigable near HW and in low swell. See photos 2 and 3 below.

Notes: Access: by sea only. From Catterline harbour going S, or Inverbervie beach going N.

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Photo 1 looking N towards the S entrance.
Photo 2 looking S and down from Shield Hill cliff at the N entrance at low tide. It shows the pillars resting on an intertidal plinth. It also shows a thick layer of conglomerate above the thick layer of sandstone.
Photo 3 shows both flying buttresses/pillars with kayakers about to pass through behind them, going S through the N entrance.
Photo 4 shows a kayaker part way through, visible through the gap between the pillars. The tide is fairly high.
Photo 5 Andrew Thorburn of Integrate Paddling, about to paddle from N to S over the sill which is kayak navigable if the tide level is 2.2 m above Chart Datum, or higher; in low swell ...
Photo 6 taken from near Shield Hill (1) cave which shows the S entrance to the arches on the right and the light shining through the passage - just above the red paddle blade.

This entry was last updated: 2022-06-17 18:24:00

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NGR:	NO 85922 74749
WGS84:	56.86394, -2.23252
Length:	Not recorded
Vert. Range:	Not recorded
Altitude:	-1 m
Geology:	Gourdon Sandstone Formation
Tags:	Arch
Registry:	main

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